The 'giant' river crabs that live beneath Rome's ancient ruins

Between 2004 and 2006, researchers at the local Roma Tre University caught and identified nearly 500 individual crabs…
And, as the surface becomes hotter and less humid due to climate change, the crabs have tunneled further down to remain cool and undisturbed. “Now they’ve gone even deeper. They’re impossible to find,” says Damiani...
We’d love to study these animals because they deserve to not only be studied but also saved

They recruited volunteers to trap 100s of crabs and put cameras in the areas they frequent. I can’t help but think maybe the crabs should have been left alone and maybe after ~1,600 years of being left alone they have not responded well to humans bothering them.

The 'giant' river crabs that live beneath Rome's ancient ruins

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