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JULY 28, 2010
Alien Creatures

Special thanks to Mercedes for this post....

This morning I went into the living room and something small and furry, but no tail, scurried across the floor and under the chair. It didn't move like a mouse either but if it was a bug, it was the biggest bug I had ever seen. Of course I screamed. Rand came running and when he checked it out, he didn't know what it was but suspected a spider (he was wise enough not to mention this though). He decided to get a glass to put over it and then figure out what to do next. I was worried we had some mutant, diseased mouse running around. Well, he moves the chair to catch it and exclaims: "It's Mr. Crabs!" We have a crab in our fish tank, a pretty big one, it looks kind of like a mini-lobster (our best educated guess is that he is a red claw crab). Apparently he escaped from the tank, as Rand had been worrying for months he would do, was covered in fuzz and dust (hence the furry look) and was scuttling around my living room. Glad to say, Mr. Crabs has been returned to the tank and I am so glad Rand was home to deal with it! That was enough excitement for one day for sure!!!

UPDATE!!!

Tuesday night, Crabs strikes again! Rand and I are sitting on the couch talking when all of a sudden something furry comes scuttling across the floor. I shriek, because you can't get over the gut reaction but it's a short shriek and then I announce Mr. Crabs is out again. This time we got pictures and video of our escape artist. He looks much more spidery this time than last time, not quite as furry.
        

According to Mercedes her crab might be a red claw crab. I'd call him Houdini!

If you'd rather read a book about crabs instead of being scared by them try these books that can be found in our library:
 

Clumsy crab / by Ruth Galloway.

One is a snail ten is a crab : a counting by feet book / April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre ; illustrated by Randy Cecil.

 A house for Hermit Crab / Eric Carle.


Crabs / by Ann Herriges


Though this may sound a bit ghoulish, for those of you who'd rather eat crabs instead of reading about them I'd over this:

I love crab cakes! : 50 recipes for an American classic / Tom Douglas

Add a comment  (2 comments) posted by CarolK

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Necat said, on Jul. 28 at 6:20AM
I’ve seen dust bunnies, and wooly mammoths roaming about, but this is pretty creepy! Still, they might make an intersting Library pet?

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Mercedes said, on Jul. 28 at 11:59AM
I would rather eat crab cakes than watch them running around too! Especially when its in my house...Necat, we're looking for a new home for the tank...maybe the library???

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