how I learned about aggressive blue crab behavior. I thought the little dance was a precursor to burying itself in sand like I just saw another do but nope.

YOU GUYS YOU GUYS YOU GUYS

runcibility:

I FOUND MY PATRONUS ANIMAL! MEET…. THE SHAME-FACED CRAB:

JUST LOOK AT THAT FACE:

IT IS CLEARLY NERVOUS AROUND EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING AND WAITING FOR SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN

LOOK AT THEM AWKWARDLY SCUTTLING OUT OF A SOCIAL SITUATION:

LOOK AT THEM HARRUMPHING AT BEING TOLD ATTENDANCE AT A GATHERING IS MANDATORY:

LOOK AT THEM BURROW AWAY FROM THEIR PROBLEMS, PRETENDING THEY DON’T EXIST:

I LOVE YOU, CRAB OF SHAME!

shrineart:

TUMBLR CAN WE JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THERE IS A GIANT TERRESTRIAL HERMIT CRAB THAT EATS NUTS AND FRUITS, HAS LUNGS, GETS HUGE, AND GENERALLY DOESN’T BOTHER NOBODY?

LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE:

They come in different colors

They get really big

But all they wanna do is hang out on trees

And eat things like coconuts.

The coconut crab everybody.

sea-nerd-adventures:

Animals that are problematic: Giant Hermit Crabs

If they’re not climbing on other animals (like this coral), they’re attempting to cross barriers or stealing food 😬😝

runningpastreturn:

unexplained-events:

Crab emerging from its old shell and straight into my nightmares.

When you almost beat boss crab but it regenerates health

Source: unexplained-events

batchygyo:

blue-bower:

bugcthulhu:

meglyman:

Mimic Octopus has had enough of Dancing Crab’s shenanigans

darn dancing crabs and their jazz crab hands

‘HELLO MY BABY HELLO MY H-“
“NO”

i cant control my hand suddenly

Source: trynottodrown

courtnashe:

timberwolf-manstab:

painted-bees:

Sean and I found a species of decorator crab in Ya Nui’s tidal pools today..!

Somebody enchanted a pile of gravel to become a small spider and then just left it on the beach to fend for itself. Irresponsible.

How dare they, I take the pile of gravel home and love it.

batchygyo:

blue-bower:

bugcthulhu:

meglyman:

Mimic Octopus has had enough of Dancing Crab’s shenanigans

darn dancing crabs and their jazz crab hands

‘HELLO MY BABY HELLO MY H-“
“NO”

i cant control my hand suddenly

Source: trynottodrown

ooksaidthelibrarian:

strangebiology:

The Coconut Crab has the World’s Strongest Grip

Researchers in Okinawa measured the gripping force of 29 coconut crabs, and found that strength corresponded with size. The biggest recorded crab should then have a strength of 3,300 Newtons–stronger than the bite force of any animal except alligators.

One of the researchers was pinched twice by the animals while studying them, which, until the crab decided to let go, was a very painful experience. “While it was only a few minutes, I felt eternal hell,” the researcher said.
(Read more in my PBS Newshour article)

I have been pinched by several land hermit crabs (Coenobita sp.), smaller relatives of the coconut crab and THAT was painful as hell and there was no way of pulling them off without hurting myself even more. They were all smaller than a golf ball. I do not want to experience this from a coconut crab.

Source: strangebiology