Carcinology (CRABS) with Adam Wall
Part 1: Claw hands! Beady eyes! Pinching forces that could crack your skull! Gentleman, scholar, curator of the Natural History Museum’s crustacea collection and Carcinologist Adam Wall takes us on a tour of the museum’s crab bunker to discuss everything from the tiniest to the most hauntingly giant crabs, discovering new species, crabs that are NOT crabs, sea monkeys, hairy crabs, hermit crabs, crab dongs, crab butts, crab butters, the secret history of secret Maryland spices, Amelia Earhart rumors, giant invasive crabs in Norway, behind the scenes Hollywood crabs, and so much more. So dazzling and comprehensive and weird – we had to crack this episode in two. Make sure to catch next week’s.
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Hairy crabs! Shell swaps! Carcinization! Will we all evolve to be crabs? What’s with having one giant claw? Why would a crab stab you? Adam Wall, a carcinologist at the Natural History Museum of LA covers all of this and more in this thrilling conclusion of our two-part episode on crabs. Also: did the Little Mermaid get it right, and does Adam enjoy being interviewed? Listen to the end to find out.
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View Adam’s papers on ResearchGate
Find him barely ever posting on Twitter
A donation went to NHM.org’s Marine Biodiversity Center’s fairy shrimp research
Links to things we discussed:
Growth Model for Alaska King Crab (Paralithodes camtschatica)
A Mighty Claw: Pinching Force of the Coconut Crab, the Largest Terrestrial Crustacean
Colossal crabs may hold clue to Amelia Earhart fate
The Life & History of Alaska King Crab
The Real Reasons Crab Fishing Is So Dangerous
RUSSIAN INVASION Giant red king crabs from Russia which can grow to 6ft are invading Britain
Executive order bars imports of Russian fish that is processed in other countries
These crabs pinch harder than most animals bite
What the Hell Happened: Shrimp Tails in Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Tragic Passing of Christoph D. Schubart, brachyurologist
This $600-Million Room Contains the World's Largest Collection of These Tiny Endangered Animals
Sea-Monkeys Opening Title Sequence
Photos of the Calappa “shame-faced” crab
Growling from the gut: co-option of the gastric mill for acoustic communication in ghost crabs
Decapod gastric mill illustration
The Real Reasons Crab Fishing Is So Dangerous
Commercial Fishing Deaths --- United States, 2000--2009
The Origin of Soft-Shell Crabs
Eyes, eye stalks and the visual world of semi-terrestrial crabs
Holy crab, shore crabs can really run!
The Reality of the Pet Trade for Hermit Crabs
Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch
Parallel processing of polarization and intensity information in fiddler crab vision
Video: Gangster Crab with knife
Camper awakes to knife-carrying killer crab at tent: ‘Lucky to be alive’
An example of carcinization: these gorgeous porcelain crabs
Robotic crabs reveal that female fiddler crabs are sensitive to changes in male display rate
Ontogeny of Crustacean Respiratory Proteins
This $600-Million Room Contains the World's Largest Collection of These Tiny Endangered Animals
A Mighty Claw: Pinching Force of the Coconut Crab, the Largest Terrestrial Crustacean
What Dog Breeds Have the Strongest Bite?
Coconut Crabs Pinch With an Insane Amount of Force
Scientist ‘99 percent’ sure bones found belong to Amelia Earhart
NOAA: Alaska Shellfish Growth Research
The History of Old Bay Seasoning
Old Bay was Created in Baltimore by a German-Jewish Immigrant
The spicy history of a trademark
The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it’s dissolving Dungeness crabs’ shells
CDPH Reminds Consumers to Avoid Eating Viscera of Rock Crabs Caught in Northern California
Careful Where You Step! Fairy Shrimp May Be Underfoot
Other episodes you may enjoy:
Teuthological Ludology (ACTUAL SQUID GAMES)
Echinology (SEA URCHINS & SAND DOLLARS)
Conotoxinology (CONE SNAIL VENOM)
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