Seriously Weird And Endangered Species

1. Shen
   December 2nd, 2008 at 5:03 pm

   that is really an amazing..crab and all, but..
   ain't that a repost? i've seen it before here, a long time ago, i think.

2. darlzwik
   December 2nd, 2008 at 5:14 pm

   Much more creepy than seeing a raccoon in the trash can.

3. kid_icarus
   December 2nd, 2008 at 5:16 pm

   looks like the alien face hugger is trying to implant that trash can!!! look out oscar!!

4. Adam Stanhope
   December 2nd, 2008 at 5:19 pm

   I wondered the same thing - do they taste good?

   My daughter and I have been watching Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations... We just saw one where he went to - hmm - South Pacific? French Polynesia? Tahiti? The Marquesas? All of these - but I forget what he called it.

   Anyway - they captured, cooked and consumed one of these amazing crabs. They are apparently "sweet" and rich in actual "coconut oil." The green paste we call "tomalay" in lobsters is present in a special compartment in these crabs - and it is apparently where they store excess coconut oil as well. Everyone on camera called it "delicious." I want some!

5. Justin
   December 2nd, 2008 at 5:27 pm

   Those things are crazy! But like Shen said, I think this is a repost.

   Of course I'm sure a lot of people visiting this site missed it the first time around so no biggy.

6. zav
   December 2nd, 2008 at 5:40 pm

   They missed one. There is a 6 foot long Australian earthworm. http://www.australianfauna.com/giantgippslandearthworm.php

7. chet
   December 2nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm

   I seem to recall that the giant chinese salamander (after link) makes a sound similar to a crying baby. The translation of the chinese name is "baby fish". This makes it all the more disturbing to consider the fact that they are going extinct because people are eating them.

8. shadowfirebird
   December 2nd, 2008 at 6:01 pm

   It is a repost, I'm afraid, although IMO a really good one.

   According to Wikipedia they taste of whatever they've been eating. So you could get food poisoning off of this one. Plus, they're an endangered specie, so the point is sort of moot.

9. Alex
   December 2nd, 2008 at 6:17 pm

   We have over 17,000 posts on Neatorama now. Duplicate happens! It's still very neat

10. shakeit
    December 2nd, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    For some reason I always thought this picture was a fake. Still cool looking though, it would scare the crap out of me if I ever crossed paths with it.

11. FurrorNos
    December 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    They are delicious but very fatty.

12. manilenio
    December 2nd, 2008 at 7:15 pm

    we have those in beaches around here. but it's really unusual to see a coconut crab that big!

13. Ali S.
    December 2nd, 2008 at 7:51 pm

    You know...I wouldn't mind putting a leash on that crab and naming it Pinchey Jr. and taking it for a walk on the beach. It's sure to make all the ladies look your way.

14. Byrd Brain
    December 2nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm

    They taste a little like coconut shrimp.

15. ur doing it rong
    December 2nd, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    this will haunt my dreams

16. rocio
    December 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    the coconut crab is delicious. it's meat is so sweet because of their coconut eating habits. heh. they are pretty hard to find and pretty menacing looking.

17. WasabiMelon
    December 2nd, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    When I first saw the picture, I thought it was some type of weird guerrilla art project. Funky animal.

18. Steveo
    December 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 am

    The 'Dancing Dude' (Stride Gum) has a video of himself going into the forest and hanging out with these crabs... he has an arachnophobia he's trying to lose.

    They're hilarious! Getting into the trash... I love 'em. Plenty more on Wiki about them.

19. qwhacker
    December 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 am

    i'd lose in a fight with one of those. haha. i wonder how often those things get a hold of people? i.e. kids that don't know enough to not get close

20. Buppets
    December 3rd, 2008 at 2:25 am

    Reading the article linked to this picture, I'm getting a distinct impression of the conservation status of most species. We should reclassify the whole thing as "If it's not human, something humans breed and live off of, or something that breeds and lives off human refuse - consider it incredibly f$%#ing endangered"

21. Sammy
    December 3rd, 2008 at 6:05 am

    Any one else having "I for one welcome our new crab overlord" flashbacks?
    I would run screaming from this. I dont care how harmless they are.

22. chickmagnetstuff
    December 3rd, 2008 at 7:05 am

    damn I thought that was a giant spider whew..

23. LogicallyLocked
    December 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 am

    I live in Guam, and apparently they're wild out here. I haven't seen one yet, but I've only been living here for 3 months. The locals out here put them in their art all the time! I've even seen tattoo's of them.

24. SenorMysterioso
    December 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 am

    yikes

25. renderanything
    December 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Seen the crab before, but the Weta was new to me. It halfway looks like one of the crickets from King Kong, which happened to be directed and produced by New Zelanders, hmmmmm....

26. Frau
    December 3rd, 2008 at 11:03 am

    Seen a weta before. The first time I saw one, I had to check to make sure I had not been drinking. Scared the bajeezus out of me though. I then told my nephew that those were just the baby crickets.

27. Steve Garrison
    December 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    That's one big crab! Anyone up for a game of mercy?

28. Kateri
    December 4th, 2008 at 1:18 am

    My mom said when she went to Guam back in the 60s or 70s, people had them in makeshift rings in their yards to keep until they were eaten. She said they were the size of dogs, and tasted really good.

29. Gauldar
    December 4th, 2008 at 10:37 am

    If they are endangered, is there a law to keep people from eating them, or atleast breeding programs?

30. Desullen
    December 8th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Is that a hamburger on its butt?

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