Mangroves Are Homes To Giant Crabs

Giant crabs
are choice foods 
here in the Philippines 
and anywhere else in the world. 

​They are expensive in the markets 
and ordering them in restaurants 
​could cause you some fortune.
​But they abound
​during fiestas and festivals
anywhere in the country
for they are the centerpiece 
of the table
much like lechon (roasted pig)
and large shrimps or lobsters.
Catching them is as easy 
as loading meat or fish as baits
inside a fine-meshed net
​ into the sea
where crabs gather to eat the bait
and their claws get caught in the net
so you can pull them up 
and gather them in a bucket or pail.

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Or if you add up
​some fun and adventure
catching big and strong crabs
packing more of their delicious meat,
then you can always go
to some mangrove areas
and find them there
hiding beneath the roots
or partially submerged
in the muddy seawater.
Learn to catch them
with bare hands
by holding their behind
so their claws
can't reach your fingers.