Why are there more Crab-Bats than Bat-Crabs?

Following their modern discovery in the early 1800’s, bat-crabs became a popular source of fur for shoes, hats and underwear. Their pelts would range from between $3.00 to $45.00 for a full bat-crab with claws intact. Bat-Crabs became such as large source of the garment-making business that it was estimated that at one point there were more people wearing bat-crab fur than there were bat-crabs wearing bat-crab fur. Fortunately, in 1875 an international law was passed listing the bat-crab as a protected species. Since that time, the bat-crab population has again begun to flourish.

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