Male and female crabs
![Male blue crabs (L) are called Jimmies. Their abdomen is shaped like the Washington Monument. Females (R) are called Sooks. Their abdomen looks like the dome of the U.S. Capitol. © K. Forrest.](_images/bc_fe_male.jpg)
I learned that female crabs have a circular triangle on the back of them, and that males have this long triangular shape, and that’s what I learned!!
I learned that female crabs have a circular triangle on the back of them, and that males have this long triangular shape, and that’s what I learned!!