Get your claws off our food! Terrifying moment cannibalistic robber crabs invade family camping trip on remote Australian island

UK Daily Mail ^ | September 24, 2020 | Claudia Poposki

[C19fan]

A family trying to enjoy a spring camping barbecue on an idyllic Australian island got more than they bargained for when quickly surrounded by dozens of giant robber crabs.

The ferocious looking crustaceans, also known as coconut crabs, measure up to a metre in length and have a strong sense of smell.

As the unwitting family enjoyed an al fresco barbecue while camping on isolated Christmas Island, off Western Australia's far north-west, the crabs swarmed around them looking for food.

[C19fan]

That ain't your pet hermit crab....

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Sounds like my dogs.
 

[precisionshootist]

They don’t look very terrified.

[Fiddlstix]

Bookmark

[steve86]

Geez, Australia again. But on a three-week trip to Queensland’s jungle and also Sidney and Brisbane, I didn’t run into a single notable critter (other than crocs during sight-seeing cruise).

[CommerceComet]

and another climbed onto the barbecue,' Mrs Luetich said.

Gotta love self-preparing food.

[Salamander]

LOL

[steve86]

Sydney

[Meatspace]

The esteemed Daily Mail may not grasp the definition of the word “cannibalistic.”

[KarlInOhio]

You can tell a good journalist by recognizing your questions and answering them for you.

'Then they started to climb up to the table, and another climbed onto the barbecue,' Mrs Luetich said.

Which leaves me one question...

The robber crabs are good to eat, tasting like a cross between a mud crab and a lobster. But while they are considered a delicacy with aphrodisiac qualities across the Pacific, they are a protected species in Australia and can't be eaten.

Oh, thanks. But what if they just happen to fall into a pot of boiling water I have on the beach.

[Mariner]

They can cut a hand off, and break other bones.

[Bell Bouy II]

Large boiling pot may be inorder?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Oh I am reminded of an old Men’s Adventure Magazine in which crabs are attacking a guy and his hot half naked girl!

Ah those old Men’s magazines.....Always promised more than they delivered.

[SmokingJoe]

For a minute I thought it was the BLM “peaceful protesters” out grabbing people's food off their tables in restaurants in Rochester, upstate New York.
The only difference is, the crabs are a heck of a lot more civilized than the BLM ferals.

[Leaning Right]

> I didn’t run into a single notable critter <

Did you run into any Donks?

https://youtu.be/ufDTDUPZrag

[Seruzawa]

[oust the louse]

Well this makes the story even worse....ya can’t eat em!

“The robber crabs are good to eat, tasting like a cross between a mud crab and a lobster. But while they are considered a delicacy with aphrodisiac qualities across the Pacific, they are a protected species in Australia and can’t be eaten. “

[McGruff]

Never met a crab I didn’t like. Especially with melted butter.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Tonight's feature on Monster Chiller Horror Theater is The Cannibalistic Robber Crabs Invade Alice Springs starring Paul Hogan, George Lazenby, Olivia Newton-John, Jacko, and Canberra the Wonder Dingo.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Looks like “Crab Lives Matter! Say His Name!”