5/26/2005: Crabs swarm near Melbourne

Undertoad · 05-26-2005, 11:39 AM

Researchers have found and documented this massive swarm of crabs on a sandbar near Melbourne.

The swarm's as big as a football field, sometimes 3 feet deep!

Imagine putting your foot in that!

"We demand our rights..."

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Dagney · 05-26-2005, 11:48 AM

Beer and Old Bay anyone?

jaguar · 05-26-2005, 12:01 PM

home! awesome. By all accounts it's like a gigantic crab orgy. The mind boggles.

lookout123 · 05-26-2005, 12:05 PM

why is it that "crabs" and "orgy" go together so... naturally?

Undertoad · 05-26-2005, 12:11 PM

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dar512 · 05-26-2005, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Dr Ray Stantz: Of course you forget, Peter. I was present at an undersea, unexplained mass sponge migration.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Ray, the sponges migrated about a foot-and-a-half.

Ghostbusters - one of the most quotable movies.

Sun_Sparkz · 05-26-2005, 06:42 PM

this is truely an amazing find.. the spider crabs are never usually found in groups any more than 4 at any one time.. I wonder what is happening?

xoxoxoBruce · 05-26-2005, 07:02 PM

Maybe they're electing a new crab pope.
He said they're not edible.....that's silly. Throw them in the garbage soup pot that simmers on the back of the stove for weeks on end. They'll be edible all right.

Wombat · 05-26-2005, 07:08 PM

Funny cartoon in the main article:

capnhowdy · 05-26-2005, 09:15 PM

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I love the instructions on this link. Of course, being blind, I can't see them.
I recently learned,(not to veer from topic) that horseshoe crabs aren't crabs at all. They are spiders. Imagine that.

LCanal · 05-26-2005, 09:30 PM

Talking of orgys in The Cellar I'm reminded of some Oxford Uni college parties we used to crash in my early 20's/
Actually in the basement but they used to suspend cloth from the ceilings leaving about 3 ft clearance so you could'nt easily stand up, then there was a chute/slide inserted through the window. Install sound system and turn out the lights and instant party.
So off with the shoes, bottle with two plastic glasses or 6/12 pack in hand and in you go. Hopefully to find a friend.

05-26-2005, 11:39 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	5/26/2005: Crabs swarm near Melbourne Researchers have found and documented this massive swarm of crabs on a sandbar near Melbourne. The swarm's as big as a football field, sometimes 3 feet deep! Imagine putting your foot in that! "We demand our rights..." full story

05-26-2005, 11:48 AM	#2
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	Beer and Old Bay anyone? __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

05-26-2005, 12:01 PM	#3
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	home! awesome. By all accounts it's like a gigantic crab orgy. The mind boggles. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	why is it that "crabs" and "orgy" go together so... naturally? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-26-2005, 06:42 PM	#7
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	this is truely an amazing find.. the spider crabs are never usually found in groups any more than 4 at any one time.. I wonder what is happening? __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

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05-26-2005, 07:02 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe they're electing a new crab pope. He said they're not edible.....that's silly. Throw them in the garbage soup pot that simmers on the back of the stove for weeks on end. They'll be edible all right. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-26-2005, 07:08 PM	#9
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	Funny cartoon in the main article: __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

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05-26-2005, 09:30 PM	#11
LCanal I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sumatra Posts: 257	Talking of orgys in The Cellar I'm reminded of some Oxford Uni college parties we used to crash in my early 20's/ Actually in the basement but they used to suspend cloth from the ceilings leaving about 3 ft clearance so you could'nt easily stand up, then there was a chute/slide inserted through the window. Install sound system and turn out the lights and instant party. So off with the shoes, bottle with two plastic glasses or 6/12 pack in hand and in you go. Hopefully to find a friend. __________________ "Happiness is like sex. In order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else."

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