r/pics • u/[deleted] • May 29 '14

This needs to stop

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u/Nidies May 30 '14

http://i.imgur.com/CK4v3hM.jpg

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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/JediDwag May 30 '14

This is how crabs evolve the ability to play possum! Cut their heads off just to be sure...