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Blue crabs grow by periodically casting off their bony exterior skeletons, after which they become soft and are physically weakened. Many otherwise well-informed persons think the soft crab to be another species or , what is only slightly closer to the truth, a condition uniquely associated with blue crab mating.
William Warner, Beautiful Swimmers: Waterman, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay
How can I interpret "otherwise well-informed"?
book mango 418 How can I interpret "otherwise well-informed"? They are well-educated people who know a lot about topics other than the life cycle of blue crabs.
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book mango 418How can I interpret "otherwise well-informed"?
They are well-educated people who know a lot about topics other than the life cycle of blue crabs.