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Altared State
Jan 14, 2006

I think I was born to burn
Did you gently caress a donkey?

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Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
a centaur is one thing, but i wonder what a half-horse, half-crab would look like

ContraBoss
Dec 6, 2005

Well *I* only read the New Yorker and eat Fancy Feast.

Mozi posted:

a centaur is one thing, but i wonder what a half-horse, half-crab would look like

I can't picture it, but I imagine it would behave like a suicidal rear end in a top hat.

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
you can lead a crabhorse to water, but you can't make it force water through its gills.

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

Lockwell posted:

Hello I have crabs.

Talk to your doctor and get some medicated shampoo

Bell_ posted:

I never thought I'd want a crab for a pet until I visited this thread, and have a guilty admission.

In Colombia, there's a drink with crab in it considered a natural, national "viagra." I have my doubts whether the locals buy that, as opposed to their licorice-tasting aquadiente, but they advertise it that way to tourists.

Years ago, a co-worker brought me to a shop in Bogota selling this, and it was like the opening scene from Gremlins in there. Bottles and jars with questionable things being pickled in questionable fluids for all I know. The lady took a blender and poured in vanilla liquor, brandy, a quail's egg, honey, a bit of some fruit and spices I don't remember. Then, taking soft-shelled crab out of a small tank, she held it before us (claws all snip-snipping) and dropped it in and immediately powered on the blender. She poured the result through a strainer, and each of us took a cup containing a little or a lot. I took a lot, and went back for seconds. The booze and honey went towards most of the flavor, but the crab left an amazing texture to the smoothie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMv3sh8gAc8

Lockwell
Mar 31, 2010

Danke schon, na na, Danke schon.

ContraBoss posted:


Wow, 70 gallon tank??? I’m super jealous! I’m stuck in an apartment for now and can only manage to fit a meager 10 gallon in for now. How many crabs do you currently have in there? That’s so awesome that you have a big enough setup to accommodate conditions for a red claw crab! And I’ve heard about giving them a hamster wheel or putting them in a hamster ball. I just don’t have enough room, otherwise I’d have a wheel in mine.

Feel free to share more about your crab paradise! And for the love of god POST MORE PICS!!!!!

I have ten of the little shell buddies running around in there, I had more but sadly all my Strawberry crabs have either molted poorly or been eaten by other, ruder, hermit crabs. But to be fair, crabs are jerks who love to eat their friends.

It really is crazy how much they use the hamster wheels, I know in the wild they'll walk miles in a night but I never expected their dedication to cardio.

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

I also had a halloween crab for the longest time, she was really fun to watch. Crustaceans are really such beautiful creatures.

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
this was posted in a different thread but i thought it belonged in here for some rasin

Bell_
Sep 3, 2006

Tiny Baltimore
A billion light years away
A goon's posting the same thing
But he's already turned to dust
And the shitpost we read
Is a billion light-years old
A ghost just like the rest of us

We Know Catheters posted:

Did you gently caress a donkey?
A car, actually. I don't know how much of this was a placebo effects, because they advertised it to us that way, instead of letting "Imma go gently caress that car" happen the way nature intended.

ContraBoss
Dec 6, 2005

Well *I* only read the New Yorker and eat Fancy Feast.

Bell_ posted:

A car, actually. I don't know how much of this was a placebo effects, because they advertised it to us that way, instead of letting "Imma go gently caress that car" happen the way nature intended.

Took it right up the tailpipe :v:

Honky Dong Country
Feb 11, 2015

Mozi posted:

this was posted in a different thread but i thought it belonged in here for some rasin



This kills the human.

Sockser
Jun 28, 2007

This world only remembers the results!






They ain't just for attractin' mates

ContraBoss
Dec 6, 2005

Well *I* only read the New Yorker and eat Fancy Feast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQG8Ukvxg4

I can't stand watching cat's get hurt, but this video kinda makes me wish one of them got pinched on the paws just as a lesson learned. The crab would eventually let go, but the cat would never forget!

naem
May 29, 2011

https://youtu.be/Ar5WJrQik2o

ContraBoss
Dec 6, 2005

Well *I* only read the New Yorker and eat Fancy Feast.

Mother nature and all, but I legit feel really loving bad for that crab. I mean, what else, could it have done to survive? What a raw deal!

fist4jesus
Nov 24, 2002

Mozi posted:

this was posted in a different thread but i thought it belonged in here for some rasin



I have a few of his on my bookshelf at home, with my collection of post apoc/monster fiction.

My favorite is this one:

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬

ContraBoss posted:

the cat would never forget!

Yeah it would

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr4NaFwEhFE

Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015





Where I live we have some really great little crabs



And some... other crabs, which are probably also very great in their own way

shadow puppet of a
Jan 10, 2007

NO TENGO SCORPIO


Dreadwroth
Dec 12, 2009

by R. Guyovich

fist4jesus posted:

I have a few of his on my bookshelf at home, with my collection of post apoc/monster fiction.

My favorite is this one:


Well now I know what author I need to start reading next, thanks!
Well drat, they changed the book art.

Dreadwroth fucked around with this message at 05:57 on Dec 18, 2017

GRINDCORE MEGGIDO
Feb 28, 1985


Why did that badass crab rip it's own claw off?

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

my god they've learned magic

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:

Why did that badass crab rip it's own claw off?

That crab had been attacked by a bird. They can regrow them by moulting

GRINDCORE MEGGIDO
Feb 28, 1985


Improbable Lobster posted:

That crab had been attacked by a bird. They can regrow them by moulting

Thank you, improbable lobster.

Man, I wish I could do that with bits that weren't perfect.

shadow puppet of a
Jan 10, 2007

NO TENGO SCORPIO


Start with a skin tag and just train your body up into it. You'll quickly adapt.

my cat is norris
Mar 11, 2010

#onecallcat

If I ever get a pet crab I'm naming him Endless Limbs.

Altared State
Jan 14, 2006

I think I was born to burn
He's coming...

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etalian
Mar 20, 2006

GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:

Why did that badass crab rip it's own claw off?

Crab version of I told you I was hardcore.

MrMoo
Sep 14, 2000

Mak0rz
Aug 2, 2008

😎🐗🚬


didn't go with the obvious pun of "sandy claws" smh

Dr. Faustus
Feb 18, 2001

Grimey Drawer
HOLY poo poo (everything about this)

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
I call the eyes!

naem
May 29, 2011

Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015





GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:

Thank you, improbable lobster.

Man, I wish I could do that with bits that weren't perfect.

We go diving and get stone crab claws around here. If you've never had them they're delicious, but they're really cool because when you harvest them you just take one claw, and put the crab back in his little hole and leave him alone for 8 months and let him regrow it. Some people take both claws but that's mean cause the crabs need at least one for fighting and eating and stuff.

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

ContraBoss
Dec 6, 2005

Well *I* only read the New Yorker and eat Fancy Feast.

Beet Wagon posted:

We go diving and get stone crab claws around here. If you've never had them they're delicious, but they're really cool because when you harvest them you just take one claw, and put the crab back in his little hole and leave him alone for 8 months and let him regrow it. Some people take both claws but that's mean cause the crabs need at least one for fighting and eating and stuff.



Never even thought about that sort of catch and release! Go figure, there are assholes who don't give a poo poo and take both claws before throwing them back. You mind as well keep the whole crab at that point because you basically just sentenced it to death.

GRINDCORE MEGGIDO
Feb 28, 1985


Beet Wagon posted:

We go diving and get stone crab claws around here. If you've never had them they're delicious, but they're really cool because when you harvest them you just take one claw, and put the crab back in his little hole and leave him alone for 8 months and let him regrow it. Some people take both claws but that's mean cause the crabs need at least one for fighting and eating and stuff.



Holy crap that owns.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

If I was a crab I’d eat my own arm before some rear end in a top hat human could steal it.

Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015





ContraBoss posted:

Never even thought about that sort of catch and release! Go figure, there are assholes who don't give a poo poo and take both claws before throwing them back. You mind as well keep the whole crab at that point because you basically just sentenced it to death.

Yeah it's not great. They don't always die if you take both claws, but it's a lot harder for them to eat poo poo and defend themselves. Of course a lot of these guys leave cinderblocks and stuff out there to make crab houses so they know they've got a reliable spot to go get them every time they go out, so it's a give and take.

GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:

Holy crap that owns.

The only sporting way to get stone crab claws in my opinion is in lovely cold water with little to no visibility, while holding your breath. It makes digging them out of their stupid little holes a battle.

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AvesPKS
Sep 26, 2004

I don't dance unless I'm totally wasted.

Beet Wagon posted:


The only sporting way to get stone crab claws in my opinion is in lovely cold water with little to no visibility, while holding your breath. It makes digging them out of their stupid little holes a battle.

This is what I like about catching crabs with a trot line. They're not hooked on the line, just grabbing on to it munching on a chicken neck as they get closer to the surface, and so you have to scoop them up with a net before they see you and swim away.

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