“stop steaming live animals”
You’re supposed to steam crabs alive! That way you know they’re fresh.
Adding to waistlines? Obviously you’ve never been to a crab feast. Crabmeat is very lean and you expend nearly as much energy taking them apart as is in the caloric content.
BTW, check out various lobster `cruelty’ incidents involving Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.
(Hint: crustaceans’ nervous systems are incapable of sensing pain, as in boiling or being chopped up.)