05-05-2005, 10:31 PM
I didn't weigh them, the smaller one would be <1kg, the bigger one between 1.5 and 2kg.
They tasted great, except the bigger one was about to moult (shed its shell), so it had a complete, very soft 'new' shell underneath the outer hard 'old' shell - when they're at this stage the flesh is also quite soft. When they shed the old shell, the new shell is still soft for a few days, and they are very vulnerable to predators, so they usually tend to hide out deep in caves until their shell hardens.
They tasted great, except the bigger one was about to moult (shed its shell), so it had a complete, very soft 'new' shell underneath the outer hard 'old' shell - when they're at this stage the flesh is also quite soft. When they shed the old shell, the new shell is still soft for a few days, and they are very vulnerable to predators, so they usually tend to hide out deep in caves until their shell hardens.