Crabs, yes. Seals, yes. Bears, no.

According to Alaska's 2009 catalog of earmark requests, Palin's office requested $2 million in federal monies to study crab mating habits and $3.2 million for seal genetics research.

This must be why McCain said earlier this year that"We're not going to spend $3 million of your tax dollars to study the DNA of bears in Montana. I don't know if it was a paternity issue or criminal, but it was a waste of money."

Especially with all those crabs needing marriage counselling!