Posted on 09/24/2020 1:28:49 PM PDT by 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.
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Great, they can drag chairs and other heavy objects away.
Well, the world’s ending anyways, might as well get killed by crabs.
Wait a minute!
Those crabs are fake, stuffed crabs! With a few robot crabs to move around!
It’s ALL A SCAM!
FAKE CRABS!
I Say We Take Off And Nuke The Entire Site From Orbit.
It’s The Only Way To Be Sure.
Lol!
Nuclear Test Site crabs.
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.
Moldy Oldy
ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RA12RHnYIA&t=2931s
Those crabs live on Guam.
A big one is worth about $75.00
Once the word gets out that tourists are catching and boiling them crabs, they won't be so inclined to keep invading campsites......
Unfortunately, they're inedible, unless fed to feral hogs. The crabs, OTOH, are very good eating, making them far more useful.
The situation calls for a hot bowl of melted butter and a can of garlic salt.
Terrifying?
Hardly.
The media sucks.
Lions, tigers and bears prolly eat them.
I read they have to keep the rear part of their shell wet. It has something to do with how they breathe. Really.
Wha ta DISGUSTING looking place!
When I was a kid and the coconut crabs were migrating the locals would put a 55 gallon barrel in a fire pit half full of water and send us kids out to gather crabs.
They can snap a broomstick in their claws, but BOY are they yummy!
Don’t post it all over social media and no one will be the wiser.
A working companion found it was easier to catch crabs and clap from visiting a skank at a bar in the edge of Oklahoma.
That would freak me the hell out.
Protected species. Now I know why there are so many and they are so bold. Start boiling a few thousand on the barbie and they wouldn’t be either many or bold.
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