Dungeness Crab fresh caught.

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Originally Posted by David

Something I just learned about lobsters and this is from memory so don't quote me: They're valued by the shell hardness with the hardest shells worth more because they're easier to ship without dying. Softest are cheapest but also sweetest and they have to be sold soon after caught so more likely to get these close to the dock.

And they are effectively immortal.

Unless killed they won't die on their own.

They eventually get so large that the stress of molting can do them in though.