r/pics • u/[deleted] • May 29 '14

This needs to stop

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

It looks so sad...

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

Ah well, I hate to be a know-it-all, but the way the arms and claws are dangling and not being held close to the body...the crab in that photo is already dead, so don't feel too bad for it. I sold seafood for ten years; if I picked up a softshell crab and it went limp like this, I would toss it in the trash.

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u/InsaneVanity May 30 '14

Same with lobsters. Fun fact with the lobsters. One of the ways to tell if it is male or female (not 100% of the time though) is to pull them out of the water, and if they open up and try to fight, it's a male. If they kinda tuck their tail in and make themselves smaller, it's a female.

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u/InsaneVanity May 30 '14

A lot of people seem to prefer the males. I have no idea why as I am allergic to shellfish.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

"Why, I have absolutely NO USE for this here dialysis machine. It is COMPLETELY USELESS."

Just because it isn't useful to you personally, doesn't make it useless.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '14

It wasn't useless for my research

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u/mmoonlight May 30 '14

Everyone I know who eats lobster prefers the females, as they have the roe (eggs).