What do crabs eat?

Went to crabbing with some friends a few days ago, but unfortunately we didn't catch any crab, but a tiny weenee baby crab wondering in the net that we had to let go. So, there was nothing much to blog about that, except for beautiful scenary, strong wind, other fisher and jetty that was filled with dried fish bone and ralae. Kinda messy actually.

But the topic "what do crabs eat" came up on the dinner table. Between, we use kangaroo back bone as the bail for crabbing.

C:"There is no kangaroo in the sea, that is why crab don't eat them...., may be we should use dead rotten fish....."

W:"But some fishes may eat crab, so what kind of fish should we use?"

I: "May be we should ask the fishmonger, they must know? "

Here is the result from a search on the internet

"Crab are scavengers and usually eat dead matter and algae. Some crabs will take eat living animals like shrimps, small fish and snails."

Hence, the conclusion is crab eat dead matter, i think any junk will attrack them if they are in the mood of eating and being catched. Aw, i am craving for crab after the dissapointing crabbing trip. Miss my mum's chilli crab so much now, , can't wait till 3rd of dec.

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