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![The male blue crab cradles his legs around the female and carries her aboutwith him for 2 or 3 days before and after mating fizh2053.jpg The male blue crab cradles his legs around the female and carries her aboutwith him for 2 or 3 days before and after mating](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_fizh2053.jpg?itok=EpSKhPOJ)
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The male blue crab cradles his legs around the female and carries her aboutwith him for 2 or 3 days before and after mating. At this time they are knownto watermen as doublers or buck and rider. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection | G. H. Rees BCF)
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection
Photographer
G. H. Rees BCF
Collection
Historic Fisheries