(Photo: Hokkaido Shimbun)
On January 18, a shipment of crabs arrived in Japan from Russia. The fish wholesaler Marusan Mikami Shoten purchased it and began unloading. Among the red crabs was this lavender-colored beauty. It weighs about 7.7 pounds and has a legspan of 3.3 feet.
Kenetsu Mikami, the president of the company, said that he has never seen a crab this color. Rather than eating it or selling it to a customer, the company decided to spare its life and keep the crab in a tank. A research organization in Hokkaido speculated that the color was caused by a dietary problem or a genetic mutation.
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Was just thinking the same thing. No doubt related to the three-eyed fish Mr. Burns spit at the scrum of reporters during his gubernatorial run.
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Lavender Crab, great name for a rock group.
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Aww, if they want to spare its life, it should go back in the ocean, not in a tank. Poor, delicious crab.
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Maybe the crab took a little turn near Fukushima.
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