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    Posted: 02 Sep 2014 at 5:48pm
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Fascinating... check out the wee movie clip.

"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau
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interesting Al,
450 million years in the making, Blue Blood due to being mixed in copper rather than iron,
at $15000 a liter i guess the crab has finally meet its match, we humans a bloody greed barstools...
Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing
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Good to see it helps medical science if it saves people.

But even greater that they are returned and most survive so they are hopefully growing a precious resource rather than the bait they used to be.Clap
"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau
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Incredible..!!!
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What else should we do.
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