critter
Stone crab
- Scientific
- Menippe mercenaria
In the book
Matt begging claws from the seafood company as a kid.
Field notes
- Only one claw is taken and the crab is returned alive to regrow it.
- Chokoloskee and Everglades City are the stone-crab capital of Florida.
More from the people who look after this place: Everglades National Park.
Appears in
Found nearby
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Brown pelican Bertha and Oscar; the hooked pelican Snapper carries to the door; the fish-head thief at Lostman's. Ch. 2Ch. 5Ch. 7Ch. 13 +1 -
Oyster bars The thing that scrapes the hull, holds the Sea Belle, cuts your line, and hides the redfish. Ch. 2Ch. 3Ch. 12Ch. 18 -
Bald cypress 'Colossal cypress trees gnarled up out of the ground like giant twisted guardians of the realm' on the drive… Ch. 2 -
Banyan / strangler fig Two massive banyans flank Dan's front yard. Ch. 2