This book explores everything that is interesting about crabs; from their weird and wonderful behaviours, their evolution, whether they experience pain, how they are depicted in literature, and even how fights have broken out over the last crab legs at the buffet. This is no dry scientific text. It is the story of crabs; gripping, fascinating, beautiful. Cynthia Chris is part detective, part scientist and always an exceptionally good writer. She has dug through the literature, spoken to the scientists and watched crabs in action. Her magnificent book will enthrall scientists and beginners alike. I cannot recommend this superb book too highly. * Patricia Backwell, Professor of Biology, Australian National University * If your life has been one long wait for an answer to the question "what is a crab?" then Crab, by Cynthia Chris, has the solution. The latest in Reaktion Books' brilliant Animal series, Crab turns every reader into an expert with its lively history of the creature, killer trivia (the crab is an arachnid), and examples of its "sassy demeanour" in art and gift for problem solving. * Strong Words magazine *
