Mutations

          The organism I chose for this blog entry is Ghost Crabs. The mutation I would like to change is its clippers or its claws. If this mutation was applied to ghost crabs, they won't be able to bite or harm other organisms as well as human beings. This change will have a good affect on the organisms at my site and even on sites where ghost crabs exist. At my site, there are small fishes and clams that would benefit from this change. Since they are the type of organisms that the ghost crabs eat, they are being captured with its claws and being eaten by it. If this mutation were to be applied, there would still be an abundance of clams and small fishes and even turtle hatch lings on places where ghost crab and turtle hatch lings exist. If they didn't have their harmful claws/clippers then maybe they would have to find an alternative food for themselves, food that does not include eating other organisms. Also aside from harming the other organisms in my site; ghost crabs are also harmful to our coral and of course to us, human beings. Its claws can result to giving us terrible irritation or pain. I feel like its change would be selected for, only because the effect of it would do more good than harm. This mutation would help our corals last longer and that is important because it protects and provides habitats for other organisms. If the ghost crab continues to harm our coral, it would affect a whole lot of organisms.