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And that’s basically it!
The team tethered the crustaceans to posts at varying times of the year and at varying depths of Maryland’s Rhode River, a tidal estuary in Chesapeake Bay. After about 24 hours, the researchers would look for signs of predation—basically, if the crabs were dead or injured.
Sometimes I can't tell if these animal studies are conceived based on actual scientific necessity or someone's torture fantasy that happens to provide some useful info.
Which also makes you really wonder if they are "gluttonous" or just, you know, tied to a post so probably starving.
Yes.
Most crabs will eat everything edible, AFAIK.