Pacific water around Vancouver is too cold for the crabs to survive and for them to reproduce as the embryos develop in the sand of warm beaches, professor says
A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet came across an animal that an expert says is a long way from home.
Michael Hart, a professor of biological sciences at Simon Fraser University, saw the video and said he doesn’t believe the crab is alive. Hart said Pacific water around Vancouver is too cold for the crabs to survive and for them to reproduce as the embryos develop in the sand of warm beaches.
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