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Description
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