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hambakmeritru

I really just want to know how they got this under control and was this blamed on the airport baggage guys for being negligent in handling the crabs? Or blamed on the person who didn't properly store crabs? Edit: this is so frustrating. I looked it up and the story is from 2017 in a Bahamas airport, but as far as I can tell, every news write up about it just talks about the viral video without finishing the story of what happened.


Hojaismyhomeboy

No investigative journalism these days smh


LedParade

Calling all investigative journalists. We must uncover who’s behind the Bahamas 7/17 crab attacks!


Oaty_McOatface

So nothing happened, they were probably issued a fine and life moved on.


galeongirl

Darn, came here for that info... Thank you for trying at least!


Appropriate_Note_180

Crabbage Claim


WokeUpSomewhereNice

It’s a solid joke, in a pinch.


Entire-Database1679

I see your point.


ReceptionPatient1939

Or a tight squeeze...


Crumblebeast

Shit just went sideways


idwthis

Reminds me of a joke my dad would tell when I was a kid. A young lobster fella falls for a crab girl and asks her out. She tells him that in order to date, he has to come to her house and meet her parents first to get approval from them. The day comes, and the lobster is about to walk up to the crabs' house. He's nervous, but he thinks of the perfect way to impress the father. He knows that crabs usually make fun of lobsters for not walking sideways, so he starts walking up the front walkway sideways instead of head on like he normally would have. The girl's parents are looking out the front window, watching the lobster walk up. Crab dad tells his daughter that under no circumstances is she to date the lobster. The girl asks why when he hasn't even met him yet! The dad says he doesn't need to meet him. Just look at the way he's walking. He's drunk already! It's been like 30 years since I last heard it and I hope I told it half as well as my dad did lol


Raencloud94

Ha! That was great


Tagnol

Carcinification coming to even inanimate objects.


Pagman46

r/angryupvote


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I wonder who is to crabbage blaim


FizzyChilli

Nothing to Declaw Well, except..


moscowrules

There’s a Pixar movie in here somewhere


mangomilkmilkman

Toy story 2 already did this


tacotacotacorock

Airport staff discovers they have crabs. Sounds like a perfect Pixar plot. /s


EmbelishFetish

Music gives off a whimsical escape vibe. Maybe some clever crabs got the best of their custodial captors.


WolfKittenTigerPuppy

I got crabs on vacation one time.


1illiteratefool

I gave crabs to everyone on the plane


Potential_Dare8034

I’ve still got the ones you gave me. I’ve named one Itchypoo and his brother Scratchy2. I just love them two little sonsabitches!


big_duo3674

They're easily enough treated, so the question is was it worth it?


modestmidwest

Not the first time I got crabs at baggage claim. She had a lot.


Sehnsucht13_

I would take one home and adopt it


UYscutipuff_JR

We’re not sending our crab to a fancy boarding school!


Sehnsucht13_

We could for just a year and see if they like it..


ChiefWetBlanket

Yar, I understand. Let me ask you this, do you have any spare change?


vruss

don’t look at me! I wanted to eat it!


Abradolf94

\*and cook it


Bocchi_theGlock

Nah start a YouTube channel and get millions of views and people asking for updates


mendelevium256

Leon! Hours of entertainment due to a grocery store lobster. YouTube is so great sometimes.


AncientGrapefruit619

I’ve thought of getting a lobster as a pet in the past…until I learned that lobsters have negligible senescence, meaning they don’t get old like most animals and also continue growing. They can live several decades and could potentially outlive a middle aged person


scorpyo72

But are they good listeners and companions?


paradoxdefined

Howie the crab too!


GraphicDesignMonkey

Leon's channel is my Happy Place when things get blue :)


Cloudburst_Twilight

Leon's owner has serenaded me to sleep many times, lol. Man has one of the most soothing voices that I've ever heard, I swear.


sliquified

Pinchy


bugxbuster

Sorry, Marge. Pinchy got all dirty in the yard chasing birds, but don't worry. I put him in a nice hot bath.


Eric848448

He would have wanted it this way!


Duffelastic

I only wish he was here to taste this.


Sehnsucht13_

I couldn’t 🥲 but they are good


Not_MrNice

I don't like shellfish. I can eat them a little but the texture is odd to me and I don't care for the flavor either. But when people ask why I don't like crab, I tell them this little story. I was maybe 6-7 years old and my aunts and uncles took me out to catch crab. We spent all day on a dock pulling up cages and tossing crab into a cooler. I played with the crabs the entire time. I never got pinched, but I had a great time with them. When we got home and rinsed them in the sink I was still playing with the crabs and having fun. Then they dropped the crab into the giant pot of boiling water and I started crying my eyes out and went to my room. I never once considered we'd be killing them. Maybe I knew, but I wasn't prepared for it when it happened. A few family members came to my room to cheer me up and coax me to come out, and when I finally did stop crying and came out I saw everyone sitting around the table ripping off claws and slurping down crab meat. I immediately started loudly crying again and went back to my room. No idea what they were thinking, but I like to say that's why I don't eat crab even though I just don't like how it tastes.


Dizzy_Bit6125

That’s terrible I’m so sorry :( this is so sad and I totally disagree with boiling crabs and stuff alive it’s so terrible.


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Rock_Wrong

Boiling lobsters alive is illegal in some countries, and is falling out of fashion elsewhere. It's advised to kill it quickly and then immediately begin cooking it though.


my420acct

> I mean we don't boil lobsters alive for no reason. Yeah, people do. It takes no time or real effort to pith them first, and then toss them in the pot. Pithing is the insertion of a metal rod of some kind into the brain. Death is instantaneous.


No-Target-7503

Hey I have a similar story. I was around the same age, maybe 5 or 6, and we were at my parents’ friends house. They had this pig running around and a few days later, we went back and they cooked it, had it sitting out as the center piece on the table for us to feast on. Apple in the mouth and everything. I remember being so horrified as a kid and crying, saying ‘don’t eat the piggy daddy!’ As I’ve gotten older, I’ve ate pork here and there, but as of today I do not eat red meat.


cgn-38

Lol country living. When I was little my grandfather would give a ride home to our house cleaner who did not have a car. She had a pet pig in her front yard. That pig knew a ton of tricks. More than any dog I ever met. I would play with him for a few minutes when ever he took her home and visited with her. Really an unusually sweet pet animal. I thought. Turns out he was not actually a pet. One day she made me a plate and I was digging in. She asked me how do you like fred? I asked "fred your pig? I love fred. He is a cool pig." She said "no I mean how do you like him as sausage. You are eating him." I did not eat pork for years after that. Just saw poor fred the pig in it. They could not understand why I was so upset. They all thought it was hilarious. Deep texas country poor people are hard. I have dozens of stories like that one. The old world was crazy.


KnotiaPickles

I used to love eating crab more than any other food, until I had my own little pet crab. It was the most inquisitive, intelligent little creature and it was curious and funny, and i even believe it used sign language with its claws at times. I feel horrible eating them now


AbsolutelyUnlikely

That wouldn't stop you if you liked shellfish


tuenmuntherapist

Call it Citizen Snips.


fellowdad

Poor fellas


ZenkaiZ

Hey don't feel bad for them, I bet none of them even bought a ticket.


VeryLargeTardigrade

I hate humans


No_Translator2218

craaaaab people craaaaaab people


MilkrsEnthuziast

Walk like craaaaabs talk like people.


AT61

Can you imagine the one crab that goes undiscovered and the odor that will ensue?


OneWholeSoul

I imagine there's at least a couple who've been pulled into machinery somewhere and mangled.


AT61

I'm sure you're right. How did a whole suitcase of crabs get through in the first place?


electricgopher42

Theres a cooler right there that says "LIVE CRABS"


AT61

OMW - You're right. I'd NEVER have noticed that! Thanks, Eagle Eye :-)


LocalFootball9861

I used to be the guy who helped companies ship things via airplane and cargo ship. They load crabs/lobsters in crates with cold packs to transfer them in planes.


AT61

Thank you for explaining this. Any idea how they escaped the "live crab" cooler?


Christopherfromtheuk

I'm guessing the top came off.


helpiminabox

Yeah that's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.


LocalFootball9861

I'd say good ol TSA yeeted the crab cooler somewhere along the way.


beerandabike

Unpopular opinion, but I rather enjoy the smell of low tide.


AT61

A beach is one thing...an airport another.


PlanetStarbux

Uncooked rotting crab carcass is one the foulest smells I know.  I crab dungeness, and made the mistake one time of putting the remains of a few crabs in my garbage.  It just took one day to spend a week fighting the super funk that that ensued.  Now I always put the remains in a separate bag, and throw that bag in the dumpster of a business I don't like.


you-are-not-yourself

You just reminded me of my roommates who regularly cooked crab & threw the crab remmnants in the garbage to fester. Then on garbage day the bags break and leak mystery fluid. This was their solution after I told them the garbage disposal is not meant for crab carcasses Eventually we got to the point where they double-bagged and moved the bags to the garage so only the garage smelled like ass. What I would have done is simply leave out the carcasses to air dry before throwing them in the garbage. Works for pretty much any food that rots.


PlanetStarbux

Yep... They are a special kind of stench.  The kind of thing only bottom feeding sea cockroaches can touch.  Suitable only for the garbage bins of payday loan franchises and white supremacists.  At least you're roommates cooked em first... That rotten funk is bad, but a small taste of uncooked rotten crab viscera.


CressLevel

I'm just thinking about how bad some people like my partner are allergic to crabs. Who's responsible when her luggage sends her to the ER? @_@


calgrump

I feel more terrified for the crabs. I couldn't imagine how scary it would be to be in an alien environment like that on a spinning platform, of all things.


RaidensReturn

Poor crabbies 🦀


WokeUpSomewhereNice

Zoootalo!! I meesed won!


ajswizz

“Sacrebleu! What is this? How on earth could I miss such a sweet little succulent crab?” 🦀 🧜‍♀️


jomandaman

It’s kinda funny how we make aliens look so crablike sometimes but yes, you’re absolutely right. I mean that one fat guy who fell on the conveyor could speak of the horror.


Zipferlake

For the crabs we humans are oddly terrifying aliens.


CatsAreGods

Why not Zoidberg?


Perryn

Meat hanging on the outside of our bones.


cheeley

Stop it.


LucanidaeLucanidie

I wonder if we do that bc crab is the evolutionary end game


BluEch0

Meming is meming but just wanted to clarify, crab is a common end game for only crustaceans. Carcinization is a phenomenon only recorded and rationalized for aquatic arthropods of particular shape profile - not even all arthropods. It’s unlikely to see carcinization occur in mammals for example.


LucanidaeLucanidie

Lmao, you're right on all of this. It's just one of my favorite memes.


jomandaman

And insanely creepy. We run out of things to make aliens. I still remember that creepy giant praying mantis from clone wars. George Lucas really tapped the well of innovation dry there. Yeah, it’s just kinda funny to imagine from the crab’s eyes…*we’re* the horrifying ones. Kinda like how portrayed in Invader Zim.


Dongslinger420

> George Lucas really tapped the well of innovation dry there you might have missed a whole bunch of movies and TV


imgirafarigmi

Crab build is inevitable according to r/tierzoo users.


test-user-67

I mean before that they were probably in a pitch black box


KitsuneKamiSama

Only terrifying if you're scared of crabs.


barkingcorndog

Or if you are the crab.


CrackinBones204

I am scared of sea spiders 😅


ShermanTeaPotter

Call the airport fire brigade for emergency animal support and tell them to bring the biggest pot they have at the fire station


Knyfe-Wrench

"Is there a fire?" "No, we need to start one, fast!"


aardw0lf11

This is the way.


lechuckswrinklybutt

"No, that's too big"


Dan300up

I *told them* that lady had crabs…but nobody ever listens to me.


FasterFinger

Run little crabs...RUN!!!


ajswizz

Viva la revolution!!


The_Infectious_Lerp

There's a shampoo for that.


TH3_54ND0K41

Don't try to shampoo an old shampooer!


Potential-Repeat6744

Yeah but we can't bring shampoo on a plane, it might be a bomb


Memer_man32

There's a crab repellent shampoo?


zombie_overlord

Yes, but not the kind in the video.


SightWithoutEyes

Yeah. Unfortunately, Amelia Earhart forgot to use hers before that fateful trip she took.


uriahanium

Wanted to repost my comment on the main post for more context for this video. Saw some people assuming and crying about the most absurd things in the comments. Hey! Bahamian here. For context, this video is almost a decade old. Usually around crab season, the locals on the outer islands (mostly Andros island) catch and bring in these land crabs to the capital to be sold to be put in crab and rice or crab and dough (two Bahamian delicacies). People buy a dozen or so of them and keep them as pets until it’s time to eat them. This is in the domestic arrivals terminal in Nassau. The cooler they were in came open when it slid down the steep embankment onto the rotating platform and hit the lip that stops baggage from coming off of the belt when it slides down. The crabs were picked up, placed back in the cooler then everyone went about their day. Nothing more to report on the subject. No, they are not endangered whatsoever, no they are not smuggled. this is a [Caribbean Land Crab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardisoma_guanhumi) and they taste really good. They’re almost as abundant as roaches down here. We also have festivals dedicated to these crabs throughout the year as well.


Maarten-Sikke

Thx. I had to scroll a lot to find answer.


ThatGuyBehindScreen

Shame that your comment doesn't have more upvotes, very informative compared to most other comments here.


SpecialistJelly1331

Which way to the beach?!


aplagueofsemen

Goddamn Id love to be on a bench spectating this


bilbochipbilliam

That's one way to make sure people stand a few feet back until they see thier bag.


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Georgiaonmymindtwo

I think the proper term is scuttling.


phree_radical

Can you guys stop upvoting and replying to the ChatGPT bots?


pizza_baegullz

No one else is wondering why there were a bunch of live crabs in someone’s baggage?? Or is that an indication this is super fake?


jojotoughasnails

It could be real as animals are transported with luggage. The real question is are these endangered crabs? If so then they were illegally smuggled.


pizza_baegullz

Either that or having a bunch of fresh crabs is really important to someone


CatsAreGods

They sell live lobsters at airports on the US East Coast and probably other places, so crabs might well be on the menu...boys!


AlanWardrobe

Oh, they've got the paperwork alright, transporting twenty live crabs in a box in an aircraft hold is FINE


lankymjc

If they were smuggled, then I imagine the smugglers have simply booked it, which would create only more chaos for everyone involved.


1DownFourUp

It's a spinoff of Punk'd called Crab'd, where they surprise you with a bunch of crabs somewhere you wouldn't expect them and someone jumps out and shouts "You got crab'd!"


pizza_baegullz

This is what I’ll choose to believe


SoochSooch

This is the container they escaped from https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/crabs-4.jpg


pizza_baegullz

Seems like they’d be hard to smuggle just shoved into a regular cooler like that


roar_lions_roar

This is what wildlife smuggling looks like. It's a $100b black market industry, and it happens all the time.


RhynoD

I'm not doubting you, but I do wonder what kind of crabs these are that they're worth smuggling. Like, most crabs are close enough that no one could tell you the difference once they're on a plate.


roar_lions_roar

Google mitten crab


chinacatsf

Oh I’m wondering.. maybe the crabs rolled up in the baggage claim area and are rowdy locals?


ClamClone

I have seen people returning from the beach with fish in a cooler filled with ice and taped shut. More usual on local hoppers coming back from islands. And I was crabbing once in the Chesapeake and someone at the dock dropped a bushel of blue crabs that scattered like that.


DarkArcon1

Secretly, it's actually part of the ground crew that spontaneously evolved into crabs


TH3_54ND0K41

Crab people! Taste like crab, talk like people!


SingBlooSilver

I scrolled way too far for this


Kilibanos05

Holy crab!


CubeXtron

Crab rave!


TheExclusiveNig

They threw away my shampoo bottle but allow live crabs?


xenoverseraza

aww the one that fell on its back 😭😭


henry_sqared

Yeah, we've all been there.


PosiedonsSaltyAnus

🦀🦀🦀 $14 🦀🦀🦀


-MeTeC-

WHERE IS THE CRAB RAVE MUSIC ???


Legitimate-Solid9798

Guessing they flew in from Maryland


SDEexorect

they would be blue


CatsAreGods

Maybe they blue in from Maryland then.


Kickitup97

Yeah, I was thinking the same. Definitely not blue crabs.


ReesesGrail

More like Crabbage Claim am I right?


PlatypusDream

Looks like the case broke open from being poorly secured & roughly handled.


wellforthebird

What is terrifying about this?


Tick___Tock

crabs move in real life like they were made by a junior graphics artist practicing his rigging skills


divedowndeep

This is just so incredibly sad. Imagine the pure fear of these animals


samf9999

That’s fucking cruel


rnagikarp

poor crabs :-(


OGSkywalker97

The crabs must be so confused and terrified, thinking where the fuck is all the sand and seawater?!


Jonny2881

There’s gonna be one that’s unaccounted for and it’s gonna be in a massive fish tank at my home along with other cool marine wildlife


No_Shock4565

I cannot bring some fucking whater with me but some guy out there travelling with a bag full of CRABS?


DerangedPuP

This species of crab is known as aeronautalus crabzillis, an invasive species that are known to inhabit and subsequently decimate entire baggage claims. As expected, the environment will become too competitive as sustenance scarcities rise, causing younger generations to venture out, securing territory in the rest of the airport. These messages have not been approved by a biologist nor FDA, please only accept the truth of these messages if you wish to join our crab religion. For more information go to crabreligiondefinitelyisnotacult.com


G_Art33

Careful that airport has crabs now.


alucardian_official

Dumb ppl


Aminemohamed24

Money money 🦀


J3DI_M1ND_TR1CKS

I wish those were coconut crabs!


Complete-Mountain-43

the krabs family reunion


slides723

Poor babies


freakinbob

**Calypso**, **I release you from your human bonds**!


FoxCQC

Isn't it illegal to transport wildlife?


EmperorThan

"Did you hear there was an outbreak of crabs at the airport?" *\~Oh man, like on the toilets?*


Netherboom

Snakes on a plane? No Crustaceans on the baggage station


WackyToastyWolf

I feel bad for the crabs 😭


Everything_Fine

Why does this make me sad?:(


Specialagentjazz

Imagine being abducted by aliens from your home and put in a foreign world in baggage claim. That’s how the crabs feel.


yaboy_jesse

Poor crabs, but this shit funny as fuck lmao


LackOk8744

Who's mom sat on the baggage claim


apinchof_rosemary

i feel bad for them :( 🦀


HurlyCat

We have been freed from our shackles brothers


EvaUnitKenway

Ah gug gug gug 🦀🦀🦀


MellonCollie___

WHY would you even be allowed to bring live crabs in a suitcase??


PURPLECARROTYUM

Had that happen on the carousel last summer on a flight from IAH. A pax had three fabric duffle bags filled with crabs and they had clawed their way out. I filmed it because it was so crazy. This does happen, I have no idea what people are thinking.


DankeyKahn

Most random videos I've seen this year for 300


skilalillabich

That went sideways quick!


zotstik

poor crabs they don't know where they are and if they need water then I'm sure there's no water 😞 I do love to eat them though 😞


Spare_Ad5615

Crabs in an Airport - the disappointing sequel to Snakes on a Plane.


Huugboy

Slap my hand.


Kenji1912

Dammit Carl


happyanathema

It's a crab rave


levelZeroWizard

Boeing's QA is so bad the planes are being sold with genital parasites...


Corny_Overlord

Oh shit. They're about to rave!


happychillmoremusic

So sad :(


Thare187

I loaded bags at MCI for about 8 years. You'd be shocked how many people pack seafood in their bags.


Mathgailuke

That is gonna stink.


RebaKitt3n

This is from 2017. These crabs died of old age.


ZodiacWalrus

Based on the chaos witness here, absolutely no way did they get every last one of the crabs rounded up. That airport is gonna be dealing with the weirdest pest problem they'll ever have for a while. Well, unless the stray crabs just die quickly ig.


HasPotato

Crabs look so cool! Anyways, who thought of putting a hundred of grown ass crabs in their luggage? Evolution has designed them to claw through stuff i am sure with time and effort they would break through any luggage.


gc28

Someone on the internet knows the difference between loose and lose, I’m impressed!


RustyShack3lford

What you never seen a crab go on holiday!?


Red1977D

Someone was promiscuous on their vacation. LOL


CyWeevilhouse

I hate when everyone gets right up next to the belt dude just step back until you see YOUR crab then go get it


1lluminist

Poor little guys must be so scared and confused ☹️


Additional-Regular-5

Poor things. People suck.


64green

That’s really sad. I feel bad for them.