The animal that (sometimes) survives becoming dinner

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1978 aquarium study that found lots of declawed grabs die of their wounds: http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/FI/44/44/00/02/00001/FI44440002.pdf

2016 in situ study that found the same thing: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292985139_The_effect_of_temperature_on_release_mortality_of_declawed_Menippe_mercenaria_in_the_Florida_stone_crab_fishery

Study that found declawed stone crabs have trouble eating and (potentially) reproducing: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022098195001182

Study that found 3% of declawed crabs returned to the fishery with regrown claws of legally harvestable size (not free): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165783617300863

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission video on how to properly harvest stone crab claws: https://youtu.be/YTgXTS8gLjU

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission article on stone crabs, showing the diaphragm that seals wounds left by autotomy: https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/crustaceans/stone-crabs/about/

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