This is the same crabs species that might either groom their future mate by stealing a young crab and hold it hostage until its of breeding age, or steal the mate of another crab and run away with them, then impregnating them by force. Either way, the males are very, very territorial and aggressive come mating season.
To me it seems odd to kill so many animals when each one only equals like 1/10th of a bite of food. Seems kind of wasteful, like killing something to eat its toenails.
I am torn here, because like you I think thats one of the sweetest things I have ever seen. But on the other hand emotional crabs means asshole crabs too so I will I am eating one of those ones because damn they taste good.
I do not recall its species name unfortunately, but this type of crustacean is actually pretty nifty. You see the smaller one there is a female, and the larger one protecting her is her mate - a male. The males always protect their mate this way from predators, which is sort of adorable if you ask me.
Different types of crab taste fine on their own or with spices and lemon, not so much butter. That's usually with lobster and then it's almost certainly the butter as lobster is a bit richer tasting and goes soooo well with butter.
Wait until you hear the cries of a dairy cow when they pull its calf away. Ruined me and part of the reason I can’t do meat and dairy anymore…..well also some atrocious results on blood tests in my 30s helped lol
My family ran a small heard 80 head at peak. We always weaned the calves in the corral closet to the moms so they could still be close/touch through the fence without nursing. Still very emotional. Cow are lovely animals. I'm in my 40s now and trying to work my way back to the country so I can do it again.
Weening is the act of getting them to not nurse and eat only solid foods/grasses. It allows the mother a break before the next round of babies. For the calves, they will be fed and watched in their own area. Once the process is over, they will go to their own field to live until they are sold at auction. The males will eventually be castrated. The females may be sold for meat or kept to join another heard for breeding. You have to keep track of what bull sired them to avoid inbreeding.
eXoRainbow
The crab totally understood the hand gesture. xD BTW the title of this post is Turkish and means "You can't take away my mommy".
Drives11
all I can think of when I see those pliers now is that guy being frustrated that he couldn't catch a really fast noodle with it.
LewdDreams
This is the same crabs species that might either groom their future mate by stealing a young crab and hold it hostage until its of breeding age, or steal the mate of another crab and run away with them, then impregnating them by force. Either way, the males are very, very territorial and aggressive come mating season.
VisamLord
belki de alabilirimdir kimbilir..
UnorthodoxLady
NOT MY FREN
baconandmorebacon
* fren with benefits, according to itsocelot: /gallery/hFS0cHA/comment/2482808535
IUpvoteFuturama
"Sir, sir this is not okay, sir I will pinch you if this continues. Yeah, you better give me a fish."
ThisNameUnavailable
I said good day sir!!
Admineral
ReallyOG
“MY WIFE!!!”
oldguyexlurker
"Dis mine."
DasBeaker
Nu Take Crab!!!
itsocelot
Male. Holding onto female pre molt. Locked in for mating post molt. “Mate-guarding”. Me done here.
BranDohCalrissian
Unga bunga, thanks for the info!
hasminik
English : You can't take my mom.
stoots24
What if it’s just his sex toy?
Imustupvotealltacos
They can be both
PabloEscargot
Irrelevant. The bipedal terrestrial fuck boy needs to find his own crab lady..
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Ima' fuck it.
ariania
TheNotGreatDane
The funny thing here is - he's right. He's saving her for post-molt fucking.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
The crab. The crab is telling the human that.
xHasten
ShimmerinStrider
First its mouth parts wave back and then they get excited for the fish. Not sure I'm ok with that much emotion from a crab.
Howlingowl
Plus the guy in the back tried to stop his friend from being taken
nelllybellly1
I hope it shared that fish with its benefactor.
Foire
Wonder if they believe some hands become friend shaped?
StribismiusTheWizard
It's the pinnacle of evolution, you think emotion would've been unnecessarily evolved away?
BranDohCalrissian
Thinking about the immortality of the crab
StribismiusTheWizard
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks.
blart215
This is the third video I've now seen of one crab hugging another to protect it from human hands. Think I'm done with ever eating crab.
Magpiebones
If it helps, this is mated pair and the male is protecting/hogging the female from other potential males.
lolface
I assumed they were mating.
PrincessWasabi
Don’t go further down that rabbit his or you’re gonna be vegan lol
PrincessWasabi
Rabbit hole *
PenguinNamedWobbles
To me it seems odd to kill so many animals when each one only equals like 1/10th of a bite of food. Seems kind of wasteful, like killing something to eat its toenails.
Idontneedrealfacts
I am torn here, because like you I think thats one of the sweetest things I have ever seen. But on the other hand emotional crabs means asshole crabs too so I will I am eating one of those ones because damn they taste good.
krisanthyme
I do not recall its species name unfortunately, but this type of crustacean is actually pretty nifty. You see the smaller one there is a female, and the larger one protecting her is her mate - a male. The males always protect their mate this way from predators, which is sort of adorable if you ask me.
divingin
Not just that species. Quite a few crab species do the same. I think it's more to guard from rival suitors than predators, but that's just a guess.
crabpuss
Problem is they taste real good, gotta evolve that out
thisistheusernamethatneverendss
Kinda hard when we only let the tastiest breed.
sirdouglasbuttersworth
Do they actually taste good or does the butter you dip them in just taste good?
crabpuss
Different types of crab taste fine on their own or with spices and lemon, not so much butter. That's usually with lobster and then it's almost certainly the butter as lobster is a bit richer tasting and goes soooo well with butter.
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
Wait until you hear the cries of a dairy cow when they pull its calf away. Ruined me and part of the reason I can’t do meat and dairy anymore…..well also some atrocious results on blood tests in my 30s helped lol
elbowdeepinagoose
JustSomePersonThere
My heart…. My soul :(
Mercenarity
and the clive barker hellhouses where animals are 'processed.' blech.
blart215
Well, I stopped eating mammals decades ago.
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imaginaryPeppers
You don't have to stop completely you know. And there are good plant based proteins already.
delecti
You might be surprised how easy it is to accomplish "less harm" already.
lolface
My family ran a small heard 80 head at peak. We always weaned the calves in the corral closet to the moms so they could still be close/touch through the fence without nursing. Still very emotional. Cow are lovely animals. I'm in my 40s now and trying to work my way back to the country so I can do it again.
Koriania
Is there a reason they're not supposed to nurse?
lolface
Weening is the act of getting them to not nurse and eat only solid foods/grasses. It allows the mother a break before the next round of babies. For the calves, they will be fed and watched in their own area. Once the process is over, they will go to their own field to live until they are sold at auction. The males will eventually be castrated. The females may be sold for meat or kept to join another heard for breeding. You have to keep track of what bull sired them to avoid inbreeding.