Crab meat is white. The red on the outside of the cooked meat comes from the shell which turns red when it is cooked.

The crab is red because it eats a lot of shrimp and if it poops yellow it will turn white.

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Why are crabs red?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 10/6/2023

No, sometimes they're white, sometimes they're more of an orangey color than red. If you would like to know something really interesting about crabs, their blood is blue. Their blood is blue due to the presence of copper in it.

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∙ 14y ago

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