GAT_00: Is that real? They just pluck off their own arms?

Crabs aren't known for giving a fark.

Remind me never to eat a live crab.

Apos: One does not simply walk up and ungracefully lunge for boobies...

No, one must sneak up quietly from behind in order to grab a booby by surprise.

it's like it was leaving a "decoy" behind as it made it's escape/retreat.

leaving disappointed. Expected booby.

He could have at least left some melted butter before he ran off. Inconsiderate jerk.

Saw some of the legs coming off too. Spiffy.

Odd flashback to my divorce.

"Like I give a fark!" (new window)

Wishes he'd thought of that...

/that was awesome, though

That crab was all like "come at me bro". Well they came at you, punk.

"the rapid-fire thrusts of the booby's powerful beak"

This is why I'm gay.

Hahaha you magnificent bastard, subby.

Apos: One does not simply walk up and ungracefully lunge for boobies...

in Mordor?

That was much better than 127 Hours.

I told you I was hardcore.

Apos: It's also noteworthy that a lowly crustacean unflinchingly and literally followed a biblical principle concerning sin it's totally unaware of that many of its human Christian counterparts find difficult to heed metaphorically....

/Weird,isn't it?
//Nature never fails to amaze.

Ummm... what? This has nothing to do with 'sin'. If it was a video of a primate killing a rival's offspring would you quote Psalm 137:9?

ABQGOD: Remind me never to eat a live crab.

At least, not all at once.

How do they know? I mean really, how do the crabs know it will grow back?

Is it just simply "Crap, well this is broken, it'll just get in the way." POP!! ? Nature is amazing.

Cool that it even grows back....

HaywoodJablonski: I told you I was hardcore.

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I'm fakrin

so why can't humans do this? that guy that got his arm stuck under a rock for 127 hours, cuts it off.. no worries, it'll grow back. Oh wait, i'm not a crab

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That was, indeed, totally hardcore.

/how fast does the claw grow back?

For some reason that really icked me out.

"It's just a flesh wound"

"no it's not"

"Your ARM'S OFF".......

NobleHam: rapid-fire thrusts of the booby's

This absolutely needs to be sampled and mixed into dub-step. It's a must. Seriously why isn't someone doing this already?

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Apos: redsquid: Apos: It's also noteworthy that a lowly crustacean unflinchingly and literally followed a biblical principle concerning sin it's totally unaware of that many of its human Christian counterparts find difficult to heed metaphorically....

/Weird,isn't it?
//Nature never fails to amaze.

Ummm... what? This has nothing to do with 'sin'. If it was a video of a primate killing a rival's offspring would you quote Psalm 137:9?



*Shrug* Just a bizarre tangent I went on. I'm weird like that.

/Say it with me, anthropomorphization.

I do the same thing when confronted by aggressive boobies.

/my arm didn't grow back.

studebaker hoch: That was, indeed, totally hardcore.

/how fast does the claw grow back?

It'll come back the next time the crab molts. that usually happens once a year, depending on the crab of course. He'll just be rolling around doing his crab thing, not giving a fark, and when it's time for a new suit, the old shell will pop open, and he'll squiggle on out the ass end of it with a brand new claw, chill out and keep low for a few hours while the new shell hardens, and He'll be right as rain again.
Amusing creatures, and no, they really don't give a fark. they even find each other tasty even if they haven't developed drawn butter technology for themselves yet.

I'm the most familiar with the local Chesapeake Bay Blue crab and I'll say that the molting season for them is usually late spring. then we all have "spider sandwiches"

You pull the "peelers" as they are called, take a pair of kitchen shears, or a sharp knife and slice off their faces, pull the top shell back, its like paper really at this point, cut out the Gill webs also called the "dead man" fold the top shell back, dredge the whole thing with seasoned flour,and deep fry it. Slap it on a bun with some tarter sauce, LTO, and eat in on up...

We call them spider sandwiches on account the eight little legs hang out the sides of the bun.

The crab may have a substance that is called mustard inside of it. it is called that because it has the color and consistency of yellow mustard. Some folks believe this stuff to be crab poo, it's actually a mass of fat reserves, Some people remove this along with the gills, others leave it in, regarding it a delicacy and part of the experience. I Personally do not mind the stuff, but I'm native and grew up that way, My sainted bride, who is from the Midwest and it's a thing she has been introduced to has never been able to shake the notion that the mustard is crab poo and insists on its removal. Other wise she loves a good soft shell crab sammich. She has even taken well to the Bait and net method of crabbing when we visit the shore. She was raised hunting wild game, I wasn't, and after years of explaining the fishing and crabbing experience of my youth, and then showing her how to do these activities, she gave me my props.
I should've rubbed some crab mustard on her cheeks after her first successful crab kill..

sorry for the wall of text folks... carry on

NobleHam: "the rapid-fire thrusts of the booby's powerful beak"

This is why I'm gay.

Oh, well done, sir. The images in my head that just created...

...crab battle...

beerfrog3: ...crab battle...

Crab Battle, you say? (new window)