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>momentary discomfort for crabs. I agree that the benefit for humans is there, but it's often times a bit more than than just 'momentary discomfort' for the cr
by serf 10y ago
>momentary discomfort for crabs.
I agree that the benefit for humans is there, but it's often times a bit more than than just 'momentary discomfort' for the crab[0]
[0]: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10236244.2011.642505 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10236244.2011.642...
- saganus 10y agoJust for the tl;dr: "Overall mortalities of bled horseshoe crabs were 17.8% (male = 18.75%; female = 17.2%), while mortalities of unbled crabs were 3.5%." So it appears it indeed affects the crabs.