Who we are
The members of STEBC aren't all accomplished scientists--many of them are everyday people, just like you. Since the commencement of our organization in 2010, we have had at least 50,000 donors, and a growing base of members that is now at around two million. We are the ones who speak for the broma crabs. We are the voice of this helpless, beautiful creature.
The history of STEBC
The broma crab, known to some as the birdcrab, is thought to be first noticed by fisherman Jay L. Salingsbury in Australia, on July 15, 1973. He noted that one of the crabs he caught had what looked like the beginnings of two extra appendages on its back. Everyone knows that an arthropod can't just sprout two extra legs, and Salingsbury wisely let this intriguing crab back into the wild. In the STEBC community, he is known as the first broma crab rights activist.
After Salingsbury's discovery, the bizarre phenomena began to be reported more and more in Australia--and the rest of the world. How could this new species of crab just suddenly appear? It didn't make sense to anyone. The crab's origins are still unknown. But one theory lingers among our top scientists: Salingsbury didn't come upon the crab because he was very observant.
What if the crab had just recently been introduced to our ecosystem?
What if the crabs came from somewhere else?
Later studies of the broma crab revealed that the extra appendages Salingsbury saw may have been the beginnings of evolving wings. This leads us to think that the broma crab, nicknamed the birdcrab, may not be a crab at all. It may be a different creature altogether, in its own right.
If the broma crab is to be considered a species separate from other common crabs, as it certainly is at STEBC, this is very alarming. The fishing of crabs has led to the drastic downfall of birdcrabs everywhere. They are now an endangered species. STEBC's protest will make it illegal to catch and eat broma crabs as though they were any other type of crab. The barbaric killing of this beautiful and innocent crab must be stopped, and we need your help. Broma crabs aren't just any crab. They cannot be hunted for food. If they are continued to be generalized with the rest of the crab population, it is estimated that they will be extinct by 2015.
After Salingsbury's discovery, the bizarre phenomena began to be reported more and more in Australia--and the rest of the world. How could this new species of crab just suddenly appear? It didn't make sense to anyone. The crab's origins are still unknown. But one theory lingers among our top scientists: Salingsbury didn't come upon the crab because he was very observant.
What if the crab had just recently been introduced to our ecosystem?
What if the crabs came from somewhere else?
Later studies of the broma crab revealed that the extra appendages Salingsbury saw may have been the beginnings of evolving wings. This leads us to think that the broma crab, nicknamed the birdcrab, may not be a crab at all. It may be a different creature altogether, in its own right.
If the broma crab is to be considered a species separate from other common crabs, as it certainly is at STEBC, this is very alarming. The fishing of crabs has led to the drastic downfall of birdcrabs everywhere. They are now an endangered species. STEBC's protest will make it illegal to catch and eat broma crabs as though they were any other type of crab. The barbaric killing of this beautiful and innocent crab must be stopped, and we need your help. Broma crabs aren't just any crab. They cannot be hunted for food. If they are continued to be generalized with the rest of the crab population, it is estimated that they will be extinct by 2015.