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Soh Kam Yung

"The Singapore freshwater crab (Johora singaporensis) was first bred by researchers from the National Parks Board (NParks) in a laboratory and some were introduced into a stream in Bukit Batok in 2018.

Now, these released crabs have successfully established a population of their own, NParks told The Straits Times on Feb 11."

straitstimes.com/singapore/cri

The Straits Times · Endangered Singapore freshwater crab, released in 2018, now reproducing in the wildGlobal review of freshwater species finds a quarter of them are threatened with extinction. Read more at straitstimes.com.
#Singapore#Environment#Biodiversity
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Art History Animalia

#Crustmas 🦀:
#Crabs Near the Water's Edge, c.1830
Yashima Gakutei (Japan, 1786?–1868)
Woodblock print (surimono); ink & color on paper, 20.3 x 18.6 cm
Met JP1138
metmuseum.org/art/collection/s
“As the L poem is by Katsushika poetry group leader, Bunbunsha Kanikomaru (Little Crab), it’s not surprising that the subject of this surimono is the tiny benkei crab, drawn, as customary, to appear somewhat comical. The R poem is by Edo actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII, signed Sansho VII, his pen name.”
#JapaneseArt

color woodblock print, illustration of a trio of cute colorful benkei crabs on brown land at blue water’s edge, with two poems inscribed above, and artist’s signature to right
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Longreads

"Ruiz has been a cangrejero for more than 20 years, and in that time, he and his fellow crabbers have overcome pirates, unforgiving weather, and an aggressive shrimp farming industry. Now, organized crime and drug trafficking threaten to undo those gains."

Kimberley Brown reports on the #crabbing communities threatened by #crime in #Ecuador: hakaimagazine.com/features/tra

Hakai Magazine Trapped in the Tide of Organized Crime | Hakai MagazineHow Ecuador’s growing armed struggle is affecting its traditional crabbing communities.
#Longreads#LatinAmerica#Mangrove
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