Hundreds of Crabs With 'Real Big Claws' Invade Florida Town After Heavy Rain Forces [tr]

Newsweek ^ | July 16,2019 | Aristos Georgiou

[C19fan]

Get a pot of boiling water ready.

[NativeSon]

That’ll hurt, there’s an ointment that works.

[Kriggerel]

You know, I’ve heard stories about the hookers at Daytona Beach and Panama City Beach, but this is ridiculous...

[Maskot]

I’ve lived here for years. This is not new at all. In the 80’s during land crab season, you had to be very careful driving down US 1 in the evenings because there were so many on the road that you couldn’t help but squish them. Pop your tires too!

US 1 looked like it was moving. There were thousands

[King Moonracer]

[Maskot]

Although I will clarify, with as much construction over the years down here I imagine the crabs keep moving around to avoid it. Their habitats have become smaller so when something like this happens now it seems like new phenomenon

[donozark]

Looks like a Stephen King movie.

[V_TWIN]

I’ll take the crabs over the fire ants any day

[VastRWCon]

I once found a stone crab in my pool (Hobe Sound). Fished him out, boy was he angry.

[EEGator]

They’ve got nothing on Christmas Island...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo7Rpr_xyOU

[riverrunner]

Are they good to eat?

[Maskot]

I’m not sure. Love crab, but most of the ones ran over were pretty much left for the vultures! You’d have to be completely outfitted to catch them and ready to cook them right away if they were.

Now blue crabs...yummy all day long! Too bad those don’t show up in the yard!

[~Vor~]

"I’ve lived here for years. This is not new at all. In the 80’s during land crab season, you had to be very careful driving down US 1 in the evenings because there were so many on the road that you couldn’t help but squish them. Pop your tires too!"

I grew up in Hollywood, Fl (60's)...you're right...this is not new...I can remember Dania Beach Blvd being covered with land crabs...so many you couldn't avoid running over them...and a day later when the sun had baked them on the asphalt, the smell was horrendous!

[Maskot]

Lol! Yeah, they can get a little pissy!

[Maskot]

Oh the smell! Horrible for a long long time!

[Vaquero]

[Joe Boucher]

i remember a decade or so ago here in P.S.L. It rained so much that walking catfish wer walking down streets.
I looked out in my yard thinking what the heck is that.

[ptsal]

Bkmk land crabs

[Joe Boucher]

During big rains i get crawfish in my pool here west of P.S.L. Though Never enough for a boil.

[Hot Tabasco]

When I was in Panama in the Army, I saw the same phenomenon on the causeway connecting the mainland to Flamenco Island. Thousands of them......I guess it’s an annual mating thing.