This Giant Goddamned Crab
Posted by Eliza Gauger
The coconut crab, the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world. I deeply regret not knowing about these bony behemoths prior to leaving Japan; they are sold as pets there. Better than a Roomba by far, and easier to maintain. Forget yanking hairballs out of a spinning brush, all you have to do for your coconut crab is dispose of all your can openers, bone saws, wire snips, and gardening shears: the crab is easily upset by competition.
Crab Attack! [24.com : from Jhayne via EctoAIM]
Categories: Monsters
Posted at 6:47 am on September 29, 2007
8 Comments -
Pets? Really? Can’t they like… cut your hands off with their claws?
Comment by Noct — September 29, 2007 @ 1:12 pm
That’s a shotgun-worthy animal if I’ve ever seen one!
That is what nightmares are made of. This guy makes Cthulhu look like a warm, fuzzy teddy bear!
Comment by Oni — September 29, 2007 @ 1:44 pm
The picture is misleading. After reading the article it makes me want to have one as a pet, but the picture alone formed a mental image of some seaside community being terrorized by giant crabs. Just a pest, getting in the garbage, chewing up housepets, but no one got up in arms until the Johnsons left their stroller unattended slightly too long.
Comment by Hlaode — September 29, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
AHHHH GIANT LAND SPIDER THING
*BLAM* *BLAM* *BLAM*
Comment by Rachel — September 29, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
Oh jesus! also; look up the wiki for a picture of one of those devils attacking (making face-love to?) a voodoo skull tree.
Comment by Nicholas — September 30, 2007 @ 5:18 am
Giant Enemy Crab!
Comment by zanbowser — October 1, 2007 @ 6:30 am
Go for an after-dark walk in a grassy area in South Florida, and you will get a similar scare from the land-crabs there.
Comment by Mogo the mmoMugger — October 1, 2007 @ 10:03 pm
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