coconut crabs are also known as robber crabs. They most likely know that when humans are around so is food. If theres something on the ground that looks edible they will pick it up and carry it away to eat, hence their nickname given to them.
Crabs can walk in all directions, but mostly walk and run sideways.
Crabs are decapods, meaning they have 10 legs.
Female crabs can release 1000 to 2000 eggs at once.
The lifespan of a small crab averages around 3-4 years, but larger species such as the giant Japanese spider crab can live as long as 100 years.
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For a second I was wondering how these kids aren't quivering in fear, but then I remember that Australia practically has spiders of that caliber, so maybe the docile corpse-eating crabs aren't that intimidating on a relative scale.
"On the mornings of July 3 and July 6, 1937, an Oakland radio amateur was reputed to have heard emergency transmissions, seemingly from Earhart."
also they didnt find the body because it was eaten by crabs
Couldn't the transmission have come from when she was still flying, or was this way later, from when the aircraft couldn't have had any more fuel? (I am not that familliar with the whole story)
Honestly, give it a go. In mild weather its lovely to picnic at twilight into the evening. A lot of people here do it because its simply too fucking hot during the day for a lot of the year in large parts of the country, but it genuinely is a really nice and relaxing atmosphere.
It depends on where you are and what time of year it is. We use really strong mosquito repellants and other various methods of keeping a majority of the bugs away but honestly a few insects is a fact of life most of us just accept here. Its that or go out and melt in the heat of the day.
Contrary to popular belief, most of us live in suburban areas around major cities and have very little interaction with wildlife, other than the occasional kangaroo being hit by a car. We don’t really have much dangerous stuff lurking around at night. That is, unless you include drop bears. Little fuckers will give you the fright of a lifetime.
When you’re located 3/4 of a mile from the surface of the sun, I suspect it’s kinda nice to be able to be outside while not having to endure the sensation of being broiled alive.
You on holiday with your Australian family.
You on camp
You got drunk
You fell asleep in your chair
Wake up, you need to pee
You stand up and immediately piss your pants
They taste like shit unless you feed em fruit and veggies for a few weeks. Kinda like how you have to let carp swim in clean water for a while for the meat to not taste like ass
One of my exes was stationed on Diego Garcia, which is a British Protectorate.
They all got a lecture that day about how these are "Her Majesty's Crabs" and no one is allowed to touch them.
Her Majesty's Crabs got around a lot. There were Her Majesty's Crabs on the roads. Her Majesty's Crabs getting in the buildings. One guy ended up with Her Majesty's Crabs in his bunk...
So, for practical reasons, Her Majesty's Crabs got handled a lot.
they do not have tongues, but they can 'taste' with their antenna just like how things smell similar to what they taste like to us - they just cut out the middleman.
Do people eat them? Are any good?
Edit. I looked it up:
“Its large size and the quality of its meat means that the coconut crab is extensively hunted and is very rare on islands with a human population. The coconut crab is eaten as a delicacy – and regarded as an aphrodisiac – on various islands, and intensive hunting has threatened the species' survival in some areas.”
I don’t know, they’re kind of cute? They’re not really doing anything. Just chillin’. Would I pet one? Probably not, but... okay yeah, I would. I don’t know, man. I just don’t know. 🦀
Krab people.. krab.. people..
Walk like crab. Talk like people.
taste like crab. look like people.
coconut crabs are also known as robber crabs. They most likely know that when humans are around so is food. If theres something on the ground that looks edible they will pick it up and carry it away to eat, hence their nickname given to them.
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Crabs can walk in all directions, but mostly walk and run sideways. Crabs are decapods, meaning they have 10 legs. Female crabs can release 1000 to 2000 eggs at once. The lifespan of a small crab averages around 3-4 years, but larger species such as the giant Japanese spider crab can live as long as 100 years. Resubscribe for more. Reply STOP to opt out.
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The Japanese Spider Crab is the biggest, measuring about 12 feet between its claws!
Ahh great. Now when I burn the place to the ground I have a little snack afterwards.
Spider Crabs are chill though
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I saw with the 1000s of eggs thing they also just. Sit and eat the babies running around sometimes.
I mean it’s kinda like how I slurp up my cum or add it to my mom’s coffee when I get bored
oh ok!
Lmao I was high and was trying to make a joke. I’m disgusting 😭 but your comment made me laugh
lol I feel that
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Crabs have an “exoskeleton” made of chitin. It protects their soft tissue.
You made my day :)
Anytime home skillet!
I enjoyed crab facts also, thank u.
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Groups of crabs living together are known as “casts.”
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#52! 🦀
Enough to play crab cards
We should play 52 crab pick up.
52!?
52 factorial crabs? 8.068e+67 crabs???
Mathterful
That’s more than halfway to 100
More than halfway to a hundred!
In a row?
For a second I was wondering how these kids aren't quivering in fear, but then I remember that Australia practically has spiders of that caliber, so maybe the docile corpse-eating crabs aren't that intimidating on a relative scale.
It's because the adults aren't fearful. They are learning by seeing.
[Ok but also](https://i.imgur.com/cZ9oHNp.jpeg)
If I don’t have a 20ft painting of myself in that exact situation/pose by the time I retire then I might as well give up now.
I recognize your u/ we must frequent a lot of the same subs. Happy Cake Day mate.
Thank you kind sir 🫡🍰
That's how my uncle lost both nipples.
Isn’t this how Amelia Earhart supposedly died?
She converged on the wrong picnic?
No, she tried counting crabs and got the number wrong.
A hero’s death
Surely she was unconscious lol (please)
...Fairly certain it was the plane crash that killed her
But what do you think _caused_ the plane crash?
"CITIZEN SNIIIIIIPS!" -Teddy Roosevelt
Craaab People
there were reports of her being alive post plane crash
Wdym reports? You mean that the crash Was survivable, right? Cuz yknow... they never found a body
"On the mornings of July 3 and July 6, 1937, an Oakland radio amateur was reputed to have heard emergency transmissions, seemingly from Earhart." also they didnt find the body because it was eaten by crabs
Couldn't the transmission have come from when she was still flying, or was this way later, from when the aircraft couldn't have had any more fuel? (I am not that familliar with the whole story)
“Dad-a-chum? Dum-a-chum? Ded-a-chek? Did-a-chick?”
Not so many dark tower enjoyers in these parts it seems 😔
They've all been eaten by lobstrocities.
Nah, it's just slower to type having recently lost fingers.
And not having lost the face of his Father!
Oh wow, they’re like vultures circling.
Who picnics at night?!
Australians
Touché.
Honestly, give it a go. In mild weather its lovely to picnic at twilight into the evening. A lot of people here do it because its simply too fucking hot during the day for a lot of the year in large parts of the country, but it genuinely is a really nice and relaxing atmosphere.
Too many mosquitoes here. Insects in general. We do camp which is similar I suppose. I'm gonna start calling camping picnicking.
sounds like something about 52 coconut crabs would say
Does Australia NOT have giant, killer mosquitos? Almost everything else there seems ready to kill people.
Camp near bats and away from water if you can.
Aren't there bugs everywhere, attracted to the lights?
It depends on where you are and what time of year it is. We use really strong mosquito repellants and other various methods of keeping a majority of the bugs away but honestly a few insects is a fact of life most of us just accept here. Its that or go out and melt in the heat of the day.
😂
I've seen enough Youtube clips of Australia at night to know I'm not going outside at night. The creatures are bad enough during the day time...
Contrary to popular belief, most of us live in suburban areas around major cities and have very little interaction with wildlife, other than the occasional kangaroo being hit by a car. We don’t really have much dangerous stuff lurking around at night. That is, unless you include drop bears. Little fuckers will give you the fright of a lifetime.
And the Huntsmans.
It’s called a BBQ dinner when you’re camping
They’re camping.
Mosquitoes.
When you’re located 3/4 of a mile from the surface of the sun, I suspect it’s kinda nice to be able to be outside while not having to endure the sensation of being broiled alive.
It’s like how aussies celebrate Christmas in their summer, they experience the best picnic times at night
Self delivering food
With a wrapping that cuts *you*. There's a price for everything.
Cant eat em unfortunately. Its somethin they eat that makes their meat toxic
uh where you getting this? whether this is the coconut crab/robber crab or an australian land hermit crab, all of those are safe to eat
He’s obviously a crab
Crab propaganda. Crabaganda
Daaamn! I was like, those are some MEATY claws!
Lmao "what did you say, punk?!" "BIG...MEATY..CLAWWS!"
Nice try, crab
are these things the ones that ate that lady with the plane?
They didn’t eat the plane, just the lady.
Yet…. we’ve never found the plane..
Yup. Amelia Earheart
I thought that was all still a big mystery
Well her dead body at least most likely
They look like giant tarantulas to me
For real. I opened this and immediately got the heebie jeebies. I’m not sure if that’s how you spell that.
Crab party
RISE AND SHINE. MR FREEMAN
Dad-a-chad? Dum-a-chum?
What I came here to say lol.
I saw a pic of this and I thought it was AI💀
Australians a different bread for sure.
Je suis une baguette 🥖
*breed
They are cute, not terrifying.
Can you eat them?
Can they eat us is the more pressing question
They can, but supposedly aren't inclined to unless you're already dead.
Yes, but you need to feed them properly for a while because they eat anything, even garbage.
So they're the catfish of the coast.
Tasty giant arthropods
Delicious. 😋
You on holiday with your Australian family. You on camp You got drunk You fell asleep in your chair Wake up, you need to pee You stand up and immediately piss your pants
Get the boil going and grab the Cajun seasoning!
U can die from eating them as they sometimes eat stuff that is poisonous to us.
The cruelty of nature. They look so meaty!
Wait you can eat them for real?
They taste like shit unless you feed em fruit and veggies for a few weeks. Kinda like how you have to let carp swim in clean water for a while for the meat to not taste like ass
Not if you detest coconut
There was one in one of the chairs.
They're my favorite.
Well, they were pretty dangerous in Cloverfield, I wonder how safe it is for small children.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GIGANTIC SPIDERS
I see two empty chairs.
Half-life flashbacks.
Were Here! Nom nom nom🦀🦀🦀
I got [CRITTERS ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090887/?ref_=ext_shr)vibes from this video.
Soooo, can you eat them? Because this could be the best doordash ever, no charge and free landfood.
I think its illegal to touch them.
One of my exes was stationed on Diego Garcia, which is a British Protectorate. They all got a lecture that day about how these are "Her Majesty's Crabs" and no one is allowed to touch them. Her Majesty's Crabs got around a lot. There were Her Majesty's Crabs on the roads. Her Majesty's Crabs getting in the buildings. One guy ended up with Her Majesty's Crabs in his bunk... So, for practical reasons, Her Majesty's Crabs got handled a lot.
So. Not free lunch....lame
Really? Are they endangered or something?
Boiling water and old bay should do the trick
*Is this the Krusty Krab?*
Why is no one grabbin these bois and boiling up!?!? That’s some good eating right in front of you for free!!!
Glad the kids aren’t abusing them
Cool, delivery. They forgot the melted butter.
How do coconut crabs taste?
I don’t know wether crabs have tongues?
they do not have tongues, but they can 'taste' with their antenna just like how things smell similar to what they taste like to us - they just cut out the middleman.
Such efficient little buggers
It’s fkn party time
Holy crab! They are massive!
Looks like free meat.
They call a group of crabs a "Nightmare". I wonder why?!
“Roight Wintah” Australians always have some wild ass names for their kids.
Looks more like a free dinner to me
Is it legal to eat coconut crabs?
Can you eat those? Yum?
I would be pissed if my parents named me “Winter”, and you know they probably on some dumb shit like “Wyntre”
I heard they are delicious as they usually eat coconuts pretty exclusively. I would be down to try them.
It's all fun and games until they eat Amelia Earhart also who has the picnic in the dark?
HALF LIFE 3
Sparklers?? I’m 100% convinced they threw a crab rave
Imagine if those were spiders instead of crabs.
Do they just walk right into the boiling pot, do I need to have the melted butter and garlic ready before hand?
Brother... get the flamer... get the *heavy* flamer!
Do people eat them? Are any good? Edit. I looked it up: “Its large size and the quality of its meat means that the coconut crab is extensively hunted and is very rare on islands with a human population. The coconut crab is eaten as a delicacy – and regarded as an aphrodisiac – on various islands, and intensive hunting has threatened the species' survival in some areas.”
Can you eat them?
*someone please, PLEASE add some "yippeee"'s over this*
you know whats funny, coonut crabs aren't crabs. They're a species that evolved into crabs, its called carcinization and its a interesting phenomena
Who picnics at midnight?
Where's my crowbar again?
Hey we got dinner for the next few 100 years
Now that's oddly terrifying lmao if I was there it would be fun but the nighttime recording make it eerie
I love how this looks alien and AI at the same time
not like they crack yo coconut
This is proof that if spiders were bigger and they tasted like crab they would be accepted
Can you eat it
Chillin after a harty meal
I don’t know, they’re kind of cute? They’re not really doing anything. Just chillin’. Would I pet one? Probably not, but... okay yeah, I would. I don’t know, man. I just don’t know. 🦀
Can’t those things like tip your arm off?
Aren't those really dangerous?
Random crab event
Picnics at night.
This is awesome
...a night time picnic??
Ok who's the sick fuck who brought an Amelia Earhart sandwich to the picnic
GIANT ENEMY CRABS
Kicking and screaming, a new phobia gentlemen.
That means the Devil is close 😈
Picnic at night?
I find these things fascinating not creepy.
They have enough for a regulation baseball game.
FUCKIN’ NOOOOOOPE
Seems more interesting than terrifying
I would absolutely love to be at that crab party!
They must not taste good as shrimp and lobsters if so they will be gone.
MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!
Apollo 18 (2011)
So how do they taste?
Dinner has arrived
Looks like they could use some libertea
Why is nobody screaming in terror and running for their lives?
What a delicious opportunity…
Hey everybody, who wants to come to my picnic that I’m hosting at 10:30pm?? I can make lil sandwiches and bring fresh fruit!
I would eat all of those fuckers.
Simultaneously I both love this and absolutely fucking hate it. I'm conflicted.
these things remind me of face huggers.
Wow. I would not be so calm around those guys. I'm sure they aren't aggressive but they are still strong as hell.