slipper crays
Submitted by GrahamM on Thu, 2009-01-29 08:41
we found these interesting little critters at the abhrolis islands and were told they are slipper crays so thought i would share as lots proberly have never seen them
Adam Gallash
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Did you eat them Graham? If so, were they any good? Can't say I've ever seen them before.
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GrahamM
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No we didnt released
No we didnt released them but have since found out they are suposidly a close relo of the cray and taste much the same but dont have a season or a size if any one can confirm this as im not sure
danno
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thats on the island leader
thats on the island leader ay???
if not it looks like it.
cheers danno
westline
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We used to catch
We used to get quite a few of them in deep water on the coral patches out from cervantes when cray fishing the skipper used to chuck them into the catch if they were decent sized but id throw heaps of them back as found them a bit of a novelty haha dont think they have a size limit or season but i stand to be corrected on this? but i can tell you for sure they taste very nice altho not much diferent to a normal cray maybe just a little milder in flavour...
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Look what the DDT has done!!!!!
Mutant little crays. LOL
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Kasey L.
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They are really good to
They are really good to eat!
Alot like Moreton Bay Bugs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thenus_orientalis
I must say, they look really cute in that photo
barneyboy
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bugs are good on the tooth
like em alot
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spanner crabs
slipper crabs look wierd, have a look at a spanner crab, yes it looks just like a big spanner and taste great