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October 18, 2020

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October 18, 2020

Well, it's that time of year again, time to renew the web hosting. And for those of you that don't know, that has become a lot more expensive than it used to be. Fifty dollars a year is now several hundred. Not to mention the price of domain names has gone up ten-fold.

And I just found out that the nice folks at PayPal disabled all my Support buttons, and I never got a notice (although that may be my fault.) In any case, it is all working again now, so if you would like to make a small donation to help defray these costs, it would be greatly appreciated.

I turned on the strictest and most verbose error reporting in both WordPress and PHP, and got a pile of non-critical error messages. It was pretty ugly. So I spent a while and fixed them all; actually, it didn't take that long. I don't like to be sloppy, just because the system can tolerate an error doesn't mean you should leave it.

Stubbed-in all the remaining extra files in Dive Sites and Artificial Reefs, and organized them, with Contents pages listing everything. Then I did the same for the Home section. Now up to 660 (blank) pages. Next - Biology.

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Swimming Crabs

These crabs have the last pair of legs modified into paddles, with which they are remarkably fast and agile sideways swimmers. Apart from this, they retain the walking and burrowing abilities of other crabs. Swimming crabs are bad-tempered creatures that aggressively defend themselves. Large ones can pinch very painfully, so handle with care!

Blue Crab ( Blue-claw )

Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

Profile by Bill Figley
and Ray Townsend

Size:
to 9" across

Range:
Cape Cod to Texas

Habitat:
Bays and estuaries, sometimes found in freshwater, spend their winters in the mud.

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