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"...Observing behavior of untethered crabs in the wild is nearly impossible. Swift swimmers, crabs flee if they detect motion or any hint of approaching danger. Consequently, at VIMS, part of The College of William and Mary and the nation's foremost center for estuarine research, exploration of blue-crab ecology often occurs in the GEM (for Glucksman Experimental Mesocosm) Lab. Two huge tanks filled with sand and water from the nearby York River are stages where crabs interact with prey or predators for days at a time under the unblinking gaze of computer-controlled video cameras and in dim infrared light that simulates the nocturnal conditions in which blue crabs do much of their foraging..."
Friday, May 18, 2007
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