2006-11-17 15:52:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Crabs are omnivores, feeding primarily on algae, and taking any other food including mollusks, worms, other crustaceans, fungi, bacteria and detritus, depending on their availability and the crab species. For many crabs, a mixed diet of plant and animal matter results in the fastest growth and greatest fitness.♥
2006-11-17 23:58:18 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What Do Crabs Eat
2016-09-30 00:54:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you mean wild.
Large ones:
Fish. Usually dead ones. They are bottom feeders. Crab fishermen use dead cod to keep the crab's in the traps for crabbing off (king crab, Ophelia)
Blue crab are commonly fished for by trawling with bits of chicken parts (neck and feet) on a line.
Small crab's eat smaller insects and plankton.
Generally most crab's are bottom feeders / scavengers that eat dead stuff.
2006-11-17 15:58:17 · answer #3 · answered by Beef 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-18 00:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've gone down to the bay and the crabs there REALLY REALLY love hot dogs. They're cheap and they will work.
2006-11-17 16:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by xx_heidi_xx1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
crab eat small fishes, and minute larval formsetc
2006-11-17 19:55:53 · answer #6 · answered by jj 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are scavengers and will eat nearly anything. I have seen them catch small swimming fish, but they are just as happy with dead things.
2006-11-17 15:59:06 · answer #7 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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but they scare and dare not eat crocodile
2016-03-28 07:37:12 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can catch them in the strangest of places
2006-11-17 16:00:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
they will also eat raw chicken
2006-11-17 16:00:36 · answer #10 · answered by deltaxray7 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋