Talk:Chinese mitten crab

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Law Cleanup
I removed text pasted in from http://www.delta.dfg.ca.gov/mittencrab/life_hist.asp, as it was too personal ("You must possess", etc.) and provided citations and links. Martin Blank (talk) 14:55, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Changed from "Big Binding Crab" to "Big Sluice Crab"
The translation of the Cantonese name for the crab 大閘蟹 into "Big Binding Crab" really makes no sense. It is perhaps stems from a misunderstanding of the original translator thinking that 大閘蟹 means a binded crab. In Hong Kong crabs for eating are sold alive but tied up so that they cannot hurt whoever handles them. In 1987 the stockmarket crashes in October (Black Monday 1987) and the time coincides with the 大閘蟹 being brought on to the market (it is only on sale in Hong Kong during the ninth and tenth months of the lunar calendar). Due to this tied up condition the term 大閘蟹 was jokingly used to describe investors who have bought shares that had much depreciate in values but are unwilling to sell to realise losses. These investors' money are therefore binded. This nickname for the poor investors sticks and is still used today. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pelikan4001 (talk • contribs) 23:35, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

We should add alternative Chinese names
As I know, it is also called 河蟹 or 中华绒蝥蟹, which is the scientific name in simplified Chinese. Could anyone help to add those names? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TiMkOk (talk • contribs) 07:46, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

European invasion began 1912; UK from 1935
Much more on the crab's European invasion, and UK govt monitoring here. Onanoff (talk) 19:36, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Crabs don't have hair
The article claims that the crabs have "hair" on their claws. My understanding (which may be incorrect) is that only mammals have true hair. The filaments on a crab's claws should therefore be called "hair-like" or similarly worded. There's probably a more scientifically accurate name for these structures, but I don't think they should be called hair. Mnudelman (talk) 19:32, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Changed, thank you for pointing that out.FusionLord (talk) 20:06, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Invasiveness & Great Lakes
Regarding "The Chinese mitten crab has been introduced into the Great Lakes several times but has not yet been able to establish a permanent population.[" The way that is written makes it sound as if they were introduced on purpose. Can anyone clarify that please, intentional or accidental? They obviously would not establish a permanent population if they have to reproduce in salt water. FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 20:13, 23 January 2020 (UTC)