Trapped like the Salamander in a Japanese folktale, scientists study a crab that grew too big for its bottle
A surprising discovery was made off Okinawa when researchers found a live swimming crab inside a discarded wine bottle. The crab, too large to have entered as an adult, had slipped in as a juvenile and grown by preying on smaller fish. The bottle, initially a refuge, became a prison as the crab outgrew its confines, living in isolation for approximately two months.
A surprising discovery was made off Okinawa when researchers found a live swimming crab inside a discarded wine bottle. The crab, too large to have entered as an adult, had slipped in as a juvenile and grown by preying on smaller fish. The bottle, initially a refuge, became a prison as the crab outgrew its confines, living in isolation for approximately two months.
