The Crab Diet
October 23, 2010
Ha! Not what you think. The question is what do crabs eat? Here’s an excerpt from Answers.Com
Crabs are ‘carrion eaters’, meaning they feast on what’s left after a larger predator has its fill. Typically, they munch on pieces of dead fish or whatever else happens to wind up on the bay or ocean bottom, since that’s where they live.
They are detrivores. They will consume animal as well as plant matter (algae, etc.). They will mostly live off plankton and other types of water plantation. They also eat some small fish in the wild.
Crabs are opportunists. They will eat what they find, including partially decomposed items.
They also eat hatchling turtles.
Some species have been known to eat guano (bat droppings).
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_crabs_eat
Definition of DETRITIVORE
: an organism (as an earthworm or a fungus) that feeds on dead and decomposing organic matter
Detrivore sounds better but the dictionary insists that it is detritivore.
