Breeding a Baby Crab Army | Changing Planet: Coral Special | BBC Earth Science

As sea urchin populations decline, the algae they would consume is spreading, smothering corals and causing disease. Innovative researchers are on a mission to breed colossal numbers of another grazing animal, to step up and take over the urchins’ role.
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[@ljre3397]

And in 10 years they’ll be breeding something to control the crabs. Ask our friends in Australia.

[@codemonkeyslikeme]

No prob, just introduce me
😋 🍽️ 🦀

[@peter4210]

Humans eat crabs.

[@hop3106]

We don't need to breed more humans, thank you.

[@schootingstarr]

Iean, they did say it was native to Florida, so it's not like in Australia at all, where they introduced a bunch of invasive species

[@gaganjoshi3972]

Q1. Why can't they repopulate Sea Urchins?
Q2. Won't this cause imbalance in the Food Chain?

[@Nat3ski]

Its just so shellfish!

[@TheAces1979]

I sea what you did there.

[@gameonsilver]

😂​@@TheAces1979

[@Memestape]

Awesome

[@V4NSCLAN]

Where can we find the full video or documentary????

[@ninjalou101]

How long til they try to robotise them like the bees and create the might Crabulon?

[@garethjones909]

I know a facehugger when I see one!

[@marckye1]

Can't they grow sea urchin too?

[@tinyderppotato5410]

ring the crab bell!🔔

[@alanmelnyk971]

Why is james cordan in the thumbnail

[@NickPiers]

Okay, show of hands. Who thought this was a new Aliens trailer based on the preview picture?

[@faisalahmed8840]

Why not breed sea urchins instead?

[@esselsid3727]

I think because maybe these crabs can be eaten or something? So it fulfills two needs

[@samuelwtuiolemotu2826]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽♥️

[@littlejefe494]

Are they edible? There might be a market for human consumption

[@ljre3397]

No humans are not edible.

[@IMADALBASRII]

See in my beliefs we don’t eat from ocean or rivers only fish with scales only and shrimps
All other living things Small or large like weals and dolphins not permitted to consume for human
Same with on ground
We allowed only chickens sheep’s cows and goats
For wild there are only few only on time
So the life balance works if all human stop eating everything I mean everything