What Do Crabs Eat?

Crabs are omnivorous opportunists who will eat pretty much anything they can shove into their mouths. Crabs have an organ known as a gastric mill, which is more or less like teeth inside the stomach. They typically eat first by using their claws to tear food into small chunks before bringing it up to their mouth parts. And then they usually have a number of different moving mouth parts. These consist of a a these things called maxilipeds, also known as jaw legs, which are sort of like hands within the mouth. But crabs have one of the most glorious digestive aids i think i've ever read about. This is another feature that really makes them stand out from other