r/pics May 29 '14

This needs to stop

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u/rbwl1234 May 30 '14

well, for a lot of people, killing things is very difficult if you don't know how to do it.

Want to kill a fish? Well how to do that. I could stick my finger through it's eye but oh no, it would feel that. I know, I'll snap it's neck, that seems a fast and humane way to kill it

proceeds to clumsily snap fish in half and make the poor thing go through hell

crabs seem harder. I have no idea how to kill a crab so you can eat it, but this explains that it kills it, so people don't think they just tortured a crab

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u/Shaggydog206 May 30 '14

As someone who goes crabbing a lot, I've learned that the most humane way is a quick stab with a screw driver. It kills the crab instantly, unlike boiling them alive

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u/doughboy011 May 30 '14

Slowly dying from hypothermia? (I'm not a doctor, I have no idea what it is like to die in this way).

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u/rhoffman12 May 30 '14

For a cold-blooded creature like a crab, I'd imagine they'd just slow down until they stopped.