Saturday, May 23, 2009

We Have Crabs

Our yard is full of Land Crabs. This happens every year around this time. The rain starts to fall and the Land Crabs descend upon GTMO. The kids enjoy playing with the crabs, as you can see below.  It's much more fun for adults that run around with buckets gathering crabs for a crab bake. It doesn't get much fresher than that.  I don't eat the ones in our backyard. They are more like pets to me. 



This is one of 97 semi-terrestrial species of  crab.  This one is a local favorite for crab eaters.


I love this close up. You can see his cute little eyeballs. 

Enjoy the video below. I just wanted to cuddle with this crab, but he wasn't in the mood. 

1 comment:

Nee Nee said...

All the years I lived in Gitmo and I never ate those crabs - didn't know we could!! Squished a lot coming across Sherman Avenue - but never ate them.