Mitten Crabs

[searchme]

I see that the fascist right-wing media are now picking on another group of immigrants to our fair isles-Mitten Crabs!!.Apparently the said crustaceans,through no fault of their own and simply because they are looking for a better way of life,are colonising large areas of our green and pleasant land to the detriment of our indigenous species.

According to the Daily Mail and the Sun !!!!!!!-they should be stopped at all costs(preferably caught in a pincer movement)

In my view this is blatant Mittenophobia,not to say Crabism!!!! I say Let them stay-they will certainly enrich our crabculture.

Who do the native crabs think they are anyway?

[brachiopod]

Well I'm sorry, searchme, (don't mind if I embolden your name?), but these bloomin' mitten crabs come over 'ere, eating all our molluscs and fish fry, and taking the 'abitats of our native crabs. It's a liberty I tell you.

And what do they give in return, eh? With their furry claws an' that - it's just not right. send 'em home I say.

[searchme]

You're generalising, Brachiopod,it's only the minority eating our molluscs,the majority only wish to live in peace with our whelks,cockles and Morecambe Bay shrimps ( well, perhaps not them!)

What do they give in return? Mittencrabculture! - that's what!!

[Englishbird]

lol. Not such a witty answer from me I'm afraid (it's late and I've had dinner with the parents) but we have the same with parakeets. We have these beautiful green parakeets in our gardens (south east) who have multiplied in numbers since escaping from captivity.

They are fab to see, I currently have about 10 at the bottom of my garden, but no, although they were born here, their heritage doesn't belong here and they're forcing out the indigenous species.... solution?... we're going to kill them. (ok, cull them).

Spooky how life imitates art isn't it......

[Drisgirl]

OK - I'm thick.Noticed this mentioned a couple of times only today.

What is or are mitten crabs - is it particular to England.I dont mind if you make my name bold - I just want educated.:)

[Drisgirl]

BTW brach..._I would embolden (irony doesnt escape me) names but I along with others for some reason dont have the facility to do that or italicise.I feel disadvantaged.It must be an AOL thing or something cos I dont understand why some have the facility at hand and I dont.

[brachiopod]

I would post a link or something, explaining mitten crabs, but since I don't have anything relevant to say, I won't bother.

[Ward-Minter]

Nuke 'em.

[stevie_c2it]

Dris, you ask a good question, and seeing as that's what this site is all about, let me bring light to your darkness!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4690988.stm

I, for one am only too happy to help and 'educate you'.

Don't hesitate to ask :)

[Drisgirl]

Prof Higgins-I feel enriched by your kindness and your attempts at educating me.I dont feel quite as stupid now.Yours Eliza:)