Genetic Marvel: Three-Clawed Crab Found On Eastern Shore

SOMERSET COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — The haul for a couple in Somerset County yielded an unusual specimen: a crab with a third set of pincers.
Our media partner The Baltimore Sun reports John and Debbie Wollens caught a bushel of crabs, including the three-clawed crustacean, at the end of their pier Monday.
Eric Schott, a University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science associate research professor, told The Sun it’s a rare mutation but he has seen pictures of lobsters and other