Crabs are the best animals in the world.

>>2343753
How do their mouths work?

Isopods are ten times better.

>>2343764
Isofags

>>2343764
-Too small
-Bland coloring
-Can't even see the legs

What are you, gay?

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>>2343753
Can confirm.

>>2344317
>Too small
>She doesn't know about the giant isopods in sea

>>2344321
good thing crabs aren't lobsters. now go kill yourself, mobilefag

>>2344358
>lobster
Maybe if you was a mobilefag you could Google crayfish,and not make ignorant posts.

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>>2343753
That's not Scorpions, OP

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please enjoy this crab pic

I too find crabs a pleasant animal

>>2344373
>implying crabs are crayfish
>implying computers can't google
maybe if you was retarded I fucked your mom last night

>>2344383
>reading comprehension
Read this post again faggot>>2344358
Mistaking a crayfish for a lobster is bad, but calling someone a retard when you can't even keep up with the conversation is worse.

>>2344396
read the posts again faggot. one guy insinuated that crabs were the most autistic because there was a guy who said crayfish are the most autistic and it doesn't matter if it was a lobster or a crayfish because either way it is not a crab.

mistaking a crab for a crayfish is bad, but calling someone a faggot when you like dicks is worse.

>>2344373
think it is a lobster actually

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>>2344321
Could quite easily be a mutated American lobster, pic related

in future don't be such an arrogant cunt

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Here is a nice blue lobster. Its a crustacean at least, before someone flames me. I am just here to share nice pictures of animals.

Next I will share a coconut crab or two.

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I hear they are quite docile

>>2344352
I know what giant isopods are, everyone here does.

You can't keep giant isopods as pets, anon.

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This minute between uploads is really a disincentive to share on a slow board.

>>2344382
>Paguroidea
>Crabs

Pick one.

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I suspect this is a shrimp, but a crustacean nonetheless.

https://youtu.be/J1KUDI336XY
I love the way crabs make bubbles

>>2344445
>Could quite easily be a mutated American lobster

Pretty sure the filename very explicitly states that it's a common yabby.

>>2344374
>Upside-down claws

Ew no.

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>>2344499
so does this filename

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>>2344504
Are you genuinely this munch of a faggot?

>>2344509
you'd love to munch a faggot you fucking faggot

are there any crabs I can keep fully submersed in a freshwater aquarium? The thai crabs are too small for the price, I was wondering if there are any others

>>2344509
>filename states it's a yabby so it must be a yabby
I was calling out how retarded that is. obviously it's a yabby, but your reasoning was retarded.

>>2344491
Mantis shrimp famalamadingdong

>>2344524
it's actually a lobster

>>2344517
Why would someone lie about the filename of a crayfish photo, anon?

>>2344525
>it's actually a lobster
Your mum is a lobster

>>2344491
It's not a shrimp, anon.
The peacock mantis shrimp is as munch of a shrimp as the horseshoe crab is a crab, anon.
Meaning it's not, anon.

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lookit this precious round baby

>>2344317
>Too small
>Can't even see the legs
Not true from aquatic and semi-aquatic isopods.
>Bland coloring
There's an orange and white morph of most of the common European species. Porcellio expansus and Armadillidium maculatum are naturally attractive.

>>2344486
You could say the same for any crab of similar size.

>>2344770
>You could say the same for any crab of similar size.
Even cardisoma armatum and cardisoma guanhumi?

>>2344382
my ancestors :)

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>>2343753
agreed.

>>2344483
what are these?

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>>2345500
Birgus latro, coconut crab. They are big guys.

>>2345495
HERMIT CRABS AREN'T CRABS YOU FUCKING FAGGOT

>>2345512
>>2345515
>>2345516
Fuck off

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>>2345767

If it's called a crab, its a crab.

Take your taxonomical semantic ironies elsewhere; we have no use for them here.

And finally, that's that.
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Shown here, a friendly hermit crab takes in some sunshine as his human friend supports his perch by a window.

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>>2345506
4u

>>2345780
A mountain chicken isn't a chicken either. Your reasoning is shit.
Hermit crabs look literally nothing like crabs.

>>2345780
>Prairie dogs are dogs
>Mountain lions are lions
>Sea lions are lions
>Flying foxes are foxes

please, enlighten us about the superiority of your colloquialisms

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>>2345874
>>2345890

I gave you a (You). Do not mistake it as invitation for a debate or appeal. There will be none.

You can invoke terminology for as much precision as you like, but it actual language is for broad communication as we have here. This isn't a forum for academic debate. People are here to enjoy animals, and vernacular language is forged by consensus. You impress no one by invoking terminology in informal discussion.

Everyone calls hermit crabs crabs. They have shells, pincher claws and eye stalks, and are crustaceans. Taxonomy is not relevant to casual discussion.

No one calls prairie dogs dogs, nor confuses frogs with chickens or thinks pit bulls are bovines. You do not defeat the obvious with the absurd.

And again, that's that.
____________________

Seen here: a wee hermit crab curiously inspects a human visitor to his beach-side home.

Here is a short crabby documentary I thought you guys might like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1dnocPQXDQ

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I'd love to see some of those fancy ornate shells you crab keepers get for your pets. I hear there is all sorts of designer decorative stuff, even colored glass ones.

>>2345903
>Do not mistake it as invitation for a debate or appeal. There will be none

okay, then I won't read the rest of your post then. Chao~

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>>2345916
>"Chao"
>yfw people think Dr. Robotnik is teaching you Italian

>>2345903
>"It look like crab 2 me so it crab"

No, fuck off.
This is a crab thread.
This isn't a hermit crab thread, this isn't a horseshoe crab thread.
This is a brachyura thread.
Take your paguroidea somewhere else faggot.

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Guise looke I found a crabb

It called lobstr.

It rare.

>>2343753
>>2345928
But why are we not accepting of all living beings that share in the title of crab? Hermit crabs are friends too anon.

>>2345922
It's Spanish you giant autist.

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>>2345928

>This is a crab thread
>"Crabs are the best animals in the world"
>This is a brachyura thread.

Perhaps now you see your error.

Moving on...

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Look at this monster. Its hard to believe that some point, someone looked these and saw food. (a delicacy, no less!)

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There is so much beauty and variety under the sea.

Im not sure what kind of crab this is. I dont think it is the seafood kind. It sure is colorful though.

>>2345940
>>2345944
2 non-crabs in a row! Gee, will you be posting the horseshoe crab next?

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Then there is the more horrifying, like this Lovecraftian beasty.

>>2345945

Quit being trolly. These are fascinating animals. Post your own crabs if it means so much to you and contribute instead of criticizing everyone else and finding fault without offering anything yourself.

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Gee look at this wonderous creature, it sure is wonderful how they exist. I am not shitposting at all!
Gee what a wacky wonderful creature isn't it my fellow people???

________________________________

I want to fucking die!

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Guys btw any tips on spider castration methods? Antifreeze doesn't seem to be doing the trick for me.

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I wonder if this is something you can keep in an invert tank, or how big the tank would have to be.

Wouldn't be nice to have a small reef tank with all these beautiful animals. I think I read these are actually from the Pacific northwest. I think they are bigger though than the pic suggests. I would have to be careful not to put crabs in that fight with other crabs. Some shrimp might be nice too, but idk if they are compatible.

Strangely, this is making me hungry. I never liked soft shell crabs, but stone crabs would probably be good.

Dont worry, I wouldnt eat my pets lel

(I would ranch shrimp if I could tho)

Speaking of seafood, I thought I read somewhere that the Northeast lobster industry was experiencing a boom in supply lately. I wonder what thats all about.

>>2345940
>>2345951
You have severe autism, and this is disregarding the fact that the sanic poster could be you too.

I recommend behavioral therapy.

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>>2345952

I think this is the same crab

>all the whining in this thread about crab purity and not contributing by actually posting any crabs

sad

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*blocks your path*

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>>2345951

What sort of crab is that blue one?

It sure is pretty.

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>>2345958

Those are pretty neat. I think sand fleas are crustaceans too. I was at a southeast beach recently and dont recall seeing either. I wonder if they are only in northeast beaches. I saw plenty of both in Maryland.

They are cute by themselves, but seem creepy when you see swarms of them.

Not sure what these are. Or if they are even alive. I dont think they are actual sand fleas though, but probably related.

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>>2343753
This is a kelp crab.
It is an actual crab.
They come in brown, yellow, green, or red.

>>2345960
those are deep sea isopods, they're a type of crustacean. Think "giant pill bug"

>>2344483
>>2345506

Fuck man respect to that dog for keeping calm

If i saw thede huge mofos I'd probably shit my pants and run

>>2346336
Only because you're a faggot, anon.

>>2344358
Pretty sure it's a joke, retard

>>2344417
>because either way it is not a crab

Where the fuck did you read that it had to be a crab? I think you should go to bed, you're getting crabby and obviously need a pinch of sleep

>>2344569
Looks like that Michelin man robot from that cartoon robot hero movie

>>2346343
Youre a faggot if u stick around to test these gigantic cunts

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crabs are the worst

>>2345903
>dude this is a forum for animals take your fucking animal knowledge somewhere else

>>2345951
favorite post

>>2345957
yes well you aren't posting crabs you know. it's not about posting other crustaceans though and more about that retard saying hermit crabs are true crabs because people call them crabs

>>2346326
no no no. think pillbug as miniature terrestrial isopods

>>2346382
Why? They look friendly and are. Stop justifying being a faggot, anon.

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I just find it interesting that the thread title explicitly says 'crabs' not 'brachyura'.

And that every last post bitching about presumed taxonomical purity-

>>2345767
>>2344543
>>2345874
>>2345890
>>2345928
>>2345945
>>2346495
>>2346498

-thinks they are somehow contributing to this animal thread on an image board without posting a single image of an animal, while every post I've made itt has a quality photo of a crab in a thread explicitly for crabs.

You all just think you are being clever completely oblivious to how useless and utterly hypocritical you are..

Amazing. And yet, not.


I note that no one thanked >>2344495
for the nice video (thank you) and none of you brainy zoologists could answer this >>2343760 simple question.

You dont post animals and you dont discuss crabs. All you do is use OPs thread to shit-post at each other about nothing.

______________________

Seen here: I think this is an Alaskan King crab. There is so much variety that its difficult for me to tell sometimes.

Why he appears to be flashing gang signs, I have no idea.

>>2346605
Faggot

>>2346605
except they aren't crabs, and neither is the one you just posted

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>>2346323

Thats pretty neat. I'll look it up then and find out where it hangs out. I never knew there were so many types of crabs. I bet they are a major component of the ecosystem.

I think the only pet crab (aside from hermies) that I ever saw was called an arrow crab (I think). I remember watching it eat and thinking how graceful it seemed. I will look later to see if I can find a picture of it. It had a pointy head and such long elegant legs.

I think I may have posted this type earlier, but the color looks a bit different. I'd like to learn more about these.

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>>2346326

Thank you. I will look those up too. I have never seen those, not even in aquarium parks.

I think this *might* be a king crab, but it looks very different than the others. There is something called a 'spider crab' too, but as I said, there is so much diversity I wouldnt presume to make judgements based on appearance. Perhaps it is a King crab in a different stage of life.

I should take a break. Its dinner time here and posting these pics keeps giving me visions of butter and shellfish....

(Which aren't actually fish, for you trolls itt, tyvm)

...although I am curious now if shellfish are just mollusks or if the term includes crustaceans.

>>2346663
The term shellfish does indeed include crustacean. It really just applies to all aquatic invertebrates used as food (that aren't insects)

>>2346980
wait a second

I don't think shellfish includes cephalopods

...does it?

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>>2346981

not him but not many Western places eat those... much. So I dont know, it may be regional. It is a mollusk I think but not a bivalve of course. I know the Caribbean have a thing for octopus (and sell it canned, no less)

I just found this bit of weirdness in my files. Talk about crabs as seafood....

>>2346663
Are you purposefully acting retarded? Because that's clearly not a king crab.

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>>2346605
Are you genuinely this fucking dense? You've literally contributed nothing to this thread but shitposting constantly. You literally haven't posted a single actual crab on this thread except for that spider crab, which you claimed was a king crab.
This is some of the most autistic shitposting i've seen.

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>>2345960
I've always wondered about this image, I feel like it requires some form of context

Why are the isopods out of water? The floor seems to suggest an aquarium back room, but what aquarium has these? And why are they so interested in a bag of doritos? Why do they even have a bag of doritos?

Questions which need answering...

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>>2347210
we'll never ever ever know anon.

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>>2347210
>why are they interested in doritos?
it's simple

>>2344483
That's a big crab

Lot of autism in this thread

>>2344483
Where do these live?
>inb4 just another eldrich horror of the every day life in australia

>>2347418
Christmas island which is part of Australia

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>>2347423

>>2347429
>fucking tourists

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>>2347431
the red crab migration sees 100 million crabs go to the ocean to breed

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>>2347434

Are there any fresh water crabs that make good pets? Fiddler crabs and red claw crabs need brackish water. I forgot, but I think moon crabs and halloween crabs are brackish too. I can't really remember for sure though.

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>>2347066

> that's clearly not a king crab

...

why are all the super-smart bitchy experts itt... in fact... so tardy tard-headed?

OP starts a thread about 'crabs' like he ordering dinner at Joe's Crab Shack, and then all the children who just finished watching a PBS special and are suddenly experts because they read the phrase "'true' crabs" somewhere.

Its as pathetic as those children who talk about insects and then argue over what is a 'true' bug.

Yeah, I get it. Brachyura are distinct from other crabs in the scientific sense. If you wanted scientific discussion, you shouldn't wait till the middle of the thread to decide on specificity.

Jeez, I bet you nerds shit yourselves when there's a panda or koala 'bear' thread.

You deserve your tantrums, you really do. What a way to crap up a perfectly nice topic.

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>>2347587
Crayfish are cool.

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>>2347649

They sure are. I used to catch them in a nearby creek and let them go. I hear they have different colors, but I only ever saw brown.

These are nice

http://www.awesomeinventions.com/cherax-pulcher-crayfish/

>>2347210
I doubt that they are alive and it could also may be the floor of some research boat, so my guess is that the ones that made this posed some dead isopods eating the doritos just for shits and giggles.

>>2347639
>Trusting google images when it doesn't manage to get sauce frequently.

That is a Japanese spider crab, not a king crab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_spider_crab. And it doesn't even belong into the family of king crabs.
Also why the fuck did you not expect nitpicking on 4chan of all places? There are shitstorms about nociception, turtle/tortoise and even the plural form of octopus.

>>2347639
I made the thread specifically talk about crabs, meaning brachyura. That's why I posted discoplax and not a crab like cancer pagurus, because I appreciate them as animals. These "children" you're talking about don't exist. Because since when the fuck do children care about taxonomy or marine biology at that? YOU are acting like a little baby because your knowledge was challenged and now you're backing into a corner saying "LMAO I don't give a fuck anyways".
You really think people who enjoy zoology are pathetic? Then please fuck off the 4chan animals board and go back to the facebook one, nobody wants you here.

>>2347658
I think it depends on region. In germany I only ever saw them in brown-yellowish.

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>>2347639

>>2347429
>>2347434
>>2347437
yeah I just watched that great migrations documentary. I liked the dance they did, but overall natgeo a shit

>>2347639
>crab-LIKE decapods
yeah not crabs you fucking retard. go post prairie dogs in a dog thread

>>2347944
but tortoises ARE turtles

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>>2347639
I'll bet you also bitch about people who remind you that venom and poison are different things.

>>2344483
Arthopods would be so freaky if they were the size of dogs.

>>2346401
i was waiting for this

>>2347364
4u

>>2348149
>doesn't know venom is a type of poison

>>2344491
Peacock mantis shrimp. Also known as a thumb cracker or pistol shrimp. They have an ability to shoot water from their claw at the speed of sound to stun prey much bigger than them. Also they've been known to Crack thumbs the same way.

>>2348810
>part two

They have a relationship with the watchman goby as well. This shrimp will dig a hole for the goby and it to live in and the watch goby keeps lookout and alerts the shrimp when some fish is throwing shade ready to eat them. Shrimp comes out and puts two in their head with the water blast. 10/10 nig noggin shrimp desu. Fascinating animal

>>2348810
Stop spreading misinformation.
The pistol shrimp and the mantis shrimp are completely different animals. Mantis shrimp don't even have claws...

>>2348810
>>2348836
Mantis shrimp's actually have little "hammers" that they use to smash open shells. They are very strong and can crack glass. They also have eyes thousands of times stronger and more sensitive to colour than humans.

They are pretty delicious, I agree.

>>2348875
>They also have eyes thousands of times stronger and more sensitive to colour than humans.

They have more color receptors which enables much finer color distinction and they also sense polarized light but their eyes are definitely not more sensitive to light and they have awful resolution like all compound eyes.

Also they are not crabs.

It's something about the way you write that makes me suspect you're not old enough to post on this site.

>>2348875
Also bullshit.
Not all mantis shrimp have "hammers", only the peacock mantis shrimp. Most other species have spiked appendages to grasp prey, which is why they're called mantis shrimp in the first place.

>>2348955
>#notallmantisshrimp

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Crabs are awesome!

Slow day ain't it?

>>2349206
They're also delicious.

>>2348888
>>2349987

>>>/ck/

and stay there

>>2348955
>only the peacock mantis shrimp
Also bullshit. What is this fucking autism? Do both of you not know shit or are you samefagging?

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/

>>2350025
>autism
It isn't There's literally no way marine biology knowledge or lack of it is what psychiatrists define as "autism"

>>2350038
First day on 4chan?

>>2350020
>delicious, steamed with drawn butter Alaskan king crabs are not animals

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>>2345938
It's spelled ciao.

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>>2350025
>most other species.

Meaning not all, anon.

>>2350061
>Le ebin parmezan with delicatesse diarrhea sauce whole crab corpse dish with smeared butter all over it and steamed in pigeon excrement ah truly the delicacy. Also includes some fucking leaves and a lemon for some fucking reason.

>>2350199
All its missing is a Sam Adams

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Summer is almost here.

>>2350575
do you murican at least clean the innard of the crab like heart?

>>2350585
I'll twist the leg out of the sockets and get the little chunk of meat their. I like my crab meat hot so I don't waste much time with the body, I go straight for the legs,but I don't pick every little piece out of the cluster.

>>2345938
In Spanish football is written fútbol but I don't think it's a reliable source for how it is truly written since both are xenisms.

>>2343753
What did crabs do to get an std named after them?

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The spider crab is one of those animals that looks really cool, but if I ever saw one, I'd shit my pants.

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>>2351187
Because the std sorta looks like a demonic crab if you squint.

>>2351194
He looks like Mr.Krabs

>>2350070
you fucking idiot, it's spelled ciao in italian. it's spelled chao in spanish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciao

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This crab is creepy as fuck looking. Imagine looking up and seeing these eight sharp legs crawling around in the trees.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/04/new-crab-species-india-weird-wild-animals/

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Well, well, well look at this. I stop posting crabs and the thread dies and all thats left is more bitching. Well done OP.

You're right about one thing, you challenged my knowledge. And I would've been grateful for the chance to learn. Its not that you aren't educated, on the topic of crabs at least. It's just that you suck as a human being and have no people-sense. You explicitly said 'crabs' when you posted your thread, which I now suspect may have been deliberate bait, since you claim to take terminology so seriously and were just waiting for someone to post non-brachyura so you could then switch up and launch a bitch-fest.

I am not saying people are children for caring about taxonomy. I am saying that you are a child for obsessing upon it for the purpose of attacking people trying to continue what could've been a nice crab thread and give content, which you noticably have been comparatively light on. Its also unfair to children, most of whom are better behaved and many do take a love of the study of animals because nature is a wonderful thing to study, not because they want to acquire arcane knowledge to attack laity.

Go into the pet store and ask for paguroidea and see what sort of reaction you get. Go to the seafood hut and specify that you want portunidae not lithodidae, and when you get your order, you will notice the waiter spat in your drink, and rightly so for being an insufferable pedant.

Crab means crab, and thats the end of it. But I do find comic irony in the type of personality of OP matching the animal ( a true Cancer). I imagine him sitting in a seafood shack, his hat pulled down over his shifty eyes poking out, eating with a fork in both hands scooping the meal into his mouth, then sidling out of the booth to pay the bill and then sidling out the door.

Poor OP, one radioactive accident away from being the next Marvel super-villain, "Mega Cancer"

>>2353595
>this fucking autistic

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>>2353598

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>this whole thread

>>2353595
but it wouldn't have been a nice crab thread because it would be filled with non-crabs

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>>2353608

Well, the more scientific folks could have had the opportunity to actually describe why the non-brachyura crabs were distinct from brachyura in an informative, positive way while posting brachyura. It would've been edifying for everyone.

But they didn't do that. They just bitched about terminology with no real show of actual knowledge on the distinction besides the classification, and barely posted any brachyura at all.

>>2353406


that is pretty neat, thank you. And thanks for posting the article link so's I can learn about it too. It sounds fascinating.

Imagine that, a new type of tree crab. The only ones I knew of were the Coconut crabs

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>>2353406

Here is a bigger pic if you like

>>2347429
>>2347434
>>2347437
>>2347437
Can you eat them?

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>>2353778

I too am curious. Crustaceans are such a tedious food, if delicious. I dont even eat buffalo/chicken wings because it is so much screwing around inedible parts for the meat.

I bet the babies provide tons of food for other animals though. I wonder how much of the food chain is animals surviving of the eggs and young/larvae of other animals. Insect young alone must provide tons of food for others. I would assume they are very nutritious. I think I read that certain grubs are delicacies in parts of Asia and Africa, and are said to have a nutty flavor.

>>2347210
>why are they so interested in a bag of doritos?

Who wouldn't be interested in Doritos? They're delicious, mang.

>>2344483
Ah good, someone posted best grab.

>>2344569
Oh my goodness it's cute.

>>2345903
Cute. I didn't know they lined up like that.

>>2347071
He contributed a cute hermie vid unlike you, bitchy.

>>2344321
>/AN/
Whatever app that is, it's a piece of shit.

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>>2348812
Cute.

Save the Crabs!

>>2347210
just last week i went to an aquarium in atlantic city nj that had these

What defines a crab?
Pincers and 8 legs?

>>2353778
You can eat coconut crabs, they're just illegal to eat in most parts. If you catch one and feed it coconut and ice cream they taste delicious

t. navy boy that was in guam for a while

>>2357574
I guess lobsters are crabs, anon.

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>>2357419

Thats pretty cool. Share pics if you have some.

>>2357585

Im told they are quite delicious.

>>2357574

Yes, but they also have to make you laugh when they walk and be tasty in butter

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>>2352148
omfg, its spelled "C-H-O-W" you fucking sperg

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>>2343753
I love crabs.

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Welcome to Harry's Hairy Deep Sea Bar. How tough are ya'?

>>2359076

What a nice looking animal.

It looks a lot like a creature described in an old (and bizarre) novel called 'Mallworld' by Somtow Sucharitkul. I might have to see if I can find it.

I should be happy about this thread still staying up but oh boy are 99% of all the fucking comments here cancer, and i'm not talking about the one with black tipped claws.

At this point the only two people posting here are just two different shitposters. One faggot who posts non-crabs on purpose and the other one who keeps forgetting he's not on /ck/.
This thread is fucking shit.

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>>2359377

You just dont understand. Just because you lost control of the thread by reveling in your social incompetence, doesn't mean the thread is a waste. Many of us are learning about animals and having fun. Its a shame you are too aspie to join the fun.

Its your own fault for not posting more crabs and sharing information instead of whining like a brat with a full diaper.

Bump with these fine decorator crabs. See how they adorn themselves with lush festoons of chives to blend in with the butter and paprika.

>>2345944

idgaf if it is a crab or not, these pics are stunning

Thanks based pic spamming anons for making browsing /an/ worthwhile today

>>2344346
Leaked fallout 5 screenshot?

>>2344503
kek

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>crabs are the best animals in the world
After birds, obviously.

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>>2344483
>>2354187
What is that, a mitten crab? That's nothing compared to the King of all Crabs! pic related. Now these motherfuckers will fuck you up so dont even try to mess with em!

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so is this not a thread for asking about keeping crabs as pets or...?

>>2344491
If you're afraid of clowns, stay afraid. Stay very afraid.

>>2363080
no, this thread is for shitposting, if you want actual info ask the aquarium or invert general

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>>2363073

That is a very pretty crab. Whats its name, I will try to find a hi res pic later.

Im still trying to figure out what this >>2345959 nice one was.

How do you like this crabby captcha?

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>>2363080

I suppose it depends on the type of crab.

I wish people would share those neat designer shells they make for hermit crabs. I seem to recall they used to make pretty glass ones.

I wonder if hermit crabs clean their shells. I mean, I assume they poop in them. It cant be too sanitary carrying poop around. There must be some explanation from the crab-folk here. I read they are fun to keep if you treat them well.

I'll bet they have fascinating nervous systems

Here are some links I found. I hope they are helpful

https://www.lovethatpet.com/small-pets/hermit-crabs/

https://www.hermit-crabs.com/care.html

>>2363170
hermit crabs aren't crabs. OP has specifically said this is a brachyura thread

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>>2363216

Someone claiming to be OP said that. The actual OP explicitly uses the general term crabs.