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Sight of thousands of dead spider crabs on Kilcummin Strand described as shocking and flabbergasting

May 11, 2021 13:18 By radiokerrynews
Sight of thousands of dead spider crabs on Kilcummin Strand described as shocking and flabbergasting
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The sight of thousands of dead spider crabs along Kilcummin Strand has been described as shocking and flabbergasting.

Thousands of female crabs were washed up close to the Maharees, which has the largest spider crab population in Ireland.

Dr Kevin Flannery of Dingle Oceanworld says the only silver lining is that the crabs, had just released their eggs before they were pushed up on the shoreline.

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He says it was a shocking sight.

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