Bairdi crabs are found in the Bering Sea and are considered a short-tailed or “true” crab. They have a total of ten legs with pincer claws on the forward pair. They can live over a decade with most adults reaching 1 to 4 pounds by the time they reach adulthood, usually after about five years.  Females will incubate fertilized eggs for a full year before hatching during spring. The larvae are at first able to swim, but lose this ability and settle to the bottom after about two months. Their diet consist mostly of other ocean bottom crustaceans, clams and worms.  Bottomfish and humans are their main predators.  Very little is known about their social structure except that the sexes remain mostly separate except during mating season.  Bairdi Snow Crab is sweeter than Alaska Red King Crab, with a lighter and more deicate texture.