If crabs are kept in ICE cold water even if they died in the water they are still fine for a day or so after.....
With that said.... ideally you want to keep them sitting on top of the ice in a cooler and a wet towel laying over them, with the lid propped up a hair so that they can get oxygen.
using a method like this crabs can survive for 2-3 days out of water with very low mortality.
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