Mirelurks | Fallout Lore

When we think about the effects of nuclear war, we think of the land, the scorched earth, black trees and charred streets, but the ocean is just as susceptible to radiation and nuclear waste as any other place, leading to adverse effects and questionable creatures such as the Mirelurk. But what is a Mirelurk and why do so many different creatures seem to share the same name?
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[@Synonymous101]

My voice is nasally today, I think I have a case of mild radiation sickness. But nothing a little Brahmin milk...a couple magnets...and maybe a few happy thoughts won't fix! Enjoy!

[@jadelilly420]

Feel better soon! Don't forget to take your Rad X and stimpack!

[@cjtheevilghost5711]

Moira is very eccentric.

[@jetpesebre]

Hope you feel better soon!

[@spartanseth7392]

Considering the topic of the video, it seems fitting.

[@captaincook5343]

Nice to see you'll be around 250 years if you become a goul.

[@oddtomato1049]

Fallout's oceans must be a nightmare to both traverse and observe.

[@unoriginalperson72]

The loch Ness monster is real in fallout

[@yungbenis3685]

We need fishing in the next Fallout.

[@oddtomato1049]

@@yungbenis3685 That seems entirely unessecary. Mods already do that, and what would it even add? Every few minutes you either get a fish or a enemy according to your fishing skill and luck?

[@TheDinohunter2000]

@@oddtomato1049 It's very relaxing. Pretty much all fishing is in most games for me is for relaxation and catching interesting looking fish.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Would be interesting to explore. Sadly, Bethesda is likely to NEVER bring about that exploration since it doesn’t fit in with the “Fallout Formula” (See Fallout: BoS, and the majority of the community’s hostility to it).

[@HeyKyle]

The lack of irradiated sharks in Fallout is basically a war crime. It would be so cool .

[@john-doemcalias4759]

You can assume all those beached mutie dolphins picked a fight with the wrong sharks 😆 little frank horrigans of the aquatic world

[@danielletaylor9201]

@@john-doemcalias4759 Frank Horrigans of the sea would be orcas, even pre-mutation. IRL they bully literally everything else in the sea. They regularly body great whites, torture/maim/kill other animals just for fun, and of course they will tail slap seals so hard it rips their skin off. No they don't always eat the things they torture/tail slap.

[@Surfermario]

Or radiated spiders.

[@deetzyboywonder9312]

Mods have them in 4

[@deetzyboywonder9312]

@@Surfermario right though all lazy ass Bethesda could have just reskinned frostbite spiders

[@spiritchanger]

Fun fact: horseshoe crabs are one of the oldest living complex organisms on this planet. It's fitting that they found a way to survive the nuclear apocalypse.

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

They’re living fossils

[@hellotheir1173]

Tell me if I’m wrong but ain’t their horseshoe crabs in far harbor? Mainly where they put their nets at.

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

@@hellotheir1173 I think so

[@hypezoneninga]

I was thinking that same thing they are the master race

[@courier6ix9ine95]

Don’t jinx em, you’ll trilobite em

[@gaelangaudette9576]

A mirelurk infestation has got to be the worst case of crabs ever!

[@antcow1239]

Thats a matter of opinion, at least you can shoot these crabs and they will go away!

[@gaelangaudette9576]

@@antcow1239 You sound almost like you're talking from personal experience.

[@antcow1239]

@@gaelangaudette9576 Thats a practical observation on my part. I have never in my life ever heard of anyone shooing crabs of their groins and asking for another one.

[@gaelangaudette9576]

@@antcow1239 Yeah and you can't get rid of mirelurks with a special shampoo.

[@antcow1239]

@@gaelangaudette9576 Has anyone tried?

[@deadlypuchu]

in FO3 broken steel dlc, after the water purifier is activated, they tell you mirelurks die when they swim in the clean water.

[@Synonymous101]

That's right! I completely forgot they need "irradiated" water to survive 😅 Thank you for reminding me 😁👍

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

That's weird for fnv because the Colorado is not irradiated as far as I remember and you'll find lake lurks there

[@Rassjo]

@@justanotheranimeprofilepic My guess is that lake lurks are considered a different species which doesn't need radioactive water to survive.

[@BlueBD]

@@Rassjo it could just be a systemic shock. The Mirelurks from Fo3 dieing more from shock then the need for radiation. Afterall you doing a rather Mass scale change almost instantly. They didn't have the time to adapt to the clean waters.

[@valor1omega]

@@BlueBD Or hear me out, obsidian didn't adhere to canon sources because they didn't care about such details when they made NV.

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

The real main enemies of fallout 4. They live in every puddle or body of water in the commonwealth and will one day overrun all the land and devour everything in their path!

[@leothereaper2769]

Naw there is fishing companys to deal with that

[@156Rafi]

Considering they are a delicacy, it'll call a hunting season

[@yourwifesboyfriend1485]

That would be a great setup for a fallout villain Kind of like the master from f1 but he dips mirelurks, ghouls, deathclaws and radscorpions ect in the FEV.

[@GetsugaTensho85]

Pretty tasty though!

[@wolfehoffmann2697]

@@yourwifesboyfriend1485 They would be immune to FEV, as Super Mutants are, because they are already products of FEV mutation.

[@captaincook5343]

A plate of mirelurk cakes and a cold beer makes it all worth it after a hard days work of retaking the castle.

[@ace-man5863]

Thanks Drinkin' Buddy.

[@Greedfa]

Until HE says a settlement needs your help

[@valor1omega]

I always wondered how they managed to clear them out of the castle so effectively when settlements in NV and FO3 couldn't get rid of them?

[@infamouscha]

Dinner AND a show

[@Mangler559]

Preston: When ur done wit all dat anothur settlement needz ur help :p

[@wetbedsealand6779]

I like to imagine the vast variation of creatures mutating into mirelurk-esqe creatures is due to the real life effect of carcinization, a real effect if evolution where SO many creatures evolve into crabs

[@stingerjohnny9951]

We are born of the crabs, made men by the crabs, undone by the crabs. Our stalks are yet to sprout. Fear the Giant Enemy Crabs 🦀

[@hunters266]

@@stingerjohnny9951 LMFAO mirelurks would fit the bloodborne enemy type

[@mannmctrash]

@@stingerjohnny9951 I don't fear them, I'll just hit their weak points for MASSIVE DAMAGE.

[@_Dat_Edgy_Boi_]

@@stingerjohnny9951 Walk like crab, talk like people, crab people

[@LochyP]

Crabs are people

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

I think the hunters might be a crawfish rather then a lobster based on the head shape

[@adolfgaming1761]

I was thinking the same!

[@olfusey8838]

Thats what u was thinking to when I first played the game lol

[@Synonymous101]

Maybe, I mean the developers said they were lobsters but I see the similarity to a crawfish 👍

[@ded2thaworld963]

Always thought about that myself, born and raised on the river in La...i know a crawdad when i see it😂

[@shadow_b0itrash415]

it depends on which fallout it is in 4 they are probably lobsters because boston has saltwater but in 76 they are probably crawfish

[@shaynecarter-murray3127]

My brain hears Crab Mass and thinks "Crabmas, the pinnacle of holiday evolution"

[@almightyZAW]

Sounds like a shell of a holiday

[@roundbrick4890]

@ZAW badunn tss

[@yoshikagekira4730]

Lads I can’t stress this enough, it is crab time.

[@Salted_Fysh]

Broadly there are three different types of symbiosis: - Mutualism: both parties benefit from the interaction. - Commensalism: one party benefits but neither harms nor aids the other. - Parasitic: one party benefits at the expense of another. I imagine the Turtle - Mirelurk relationship could be either mutualistic (adding strength and opposable thumbs to the clutch in return for better hunting conditions/protection in numbers) or commensurate (the turtle benefits from a safer environment and better access to food or the Mirelurks have a safer clutch and are simply not on the menu for the turtle. Could also work if one of them is not able to exploit certain parts of the prey like the bone marrow.) It could also be parasitic in that the turtle is able to feast on the prey of the Mirelurks or on the Mirelurks themselves if it goes hungry. Your intimidation factor would fit into that.

[@Tankreynoso3]

If I had to take a guess is they just back each other up from stronger creatures like deathclaws and yoa gai because hey they need food and water to

[@trentonstaggs2968]

I would think that their situation more mirrors the "alpha animal" mentality of the most successfully aggressive creature emerging at the top of the unusual social hierarchy they've developed noted that wolves dont actually do this in the wild, but rather the observed animals were not related or in the same pack and therefore the largest and most aggresive specimens being more dominant, similar to this situation

[@Salted_Fysh]

@@trentonstaggs2968 that is a possiblity. Definitely works for FO3. Though I find it hard to imagine that a King could compete with a Queen strength wise. But yeah, pairing up makes sense. Honestly, from a realistic perspective and from what we see in the games, they should all be dying out from hunger anyway due to a massive lack of food. The food chain is almost entirely carnivores, and the energy transfer ratio in carnivores is extremely inefficient while ruminants don't really have much to munch on in the nuclear wasteland depicted in the games. But we have ghouls who, depending on the situation, can survive hundreds of years without any access to food, Super mutants who are somehow able to cover their metabolic needs from munching upon a few humans and giants insects, which are somehow able to absorb enough oxygen without access to lungs (insects absorb oxygen through the skin). A lot of that is probably down to the simple limitations of making a game, but it's fairly safe to say that realism doesn't play a very important role here. 😬 So in that sense you are right, there is little deficit from pairing up and a definite benefit in additional security.

[@josephthomas8318]

Bethesda making fallout 3: Wouldn't it be funny if we took the mudcrabs from elder scrolls and made them incredibly strong?

[@kevintan3705]

I’ve never hated an enemy in the fallout series more than Fallout 4 mirelurks. I use power armor most of the time so I’m taller than normal. Now, add in short mirelurks with shells protecting the top of them, and an aggressive in your leg style fighting, and my legs have now been banished into the shadow realm.

[@ugaaabugaaa6952]

Try nimble legendary weapons, you will be faster than them even when walking

[@TheRavenofSin]

The fallout 3 mirelurks are also annoying. Rather than the entire front of the mirelurk being weak its ONLY the face.

[@Greedfa]

More then the death claw?

[@valor1omega]

Get the perks that lets you punch through objects with your bullets and you can nail their faces from behind. If you are using railway rifle you could nail their faces to actual walls from behind.

[@YuhbWraith]

I’m sorry but the cazador from new Vegas is way worse

[@SmokeyEdits]

Do you think a Nuka-Lurk's blood is carbonated?

[@austinhawkins3307]

Write that down, write that down!

[@sodaz585]

Mmmm tasty

[@SmokeyEdits]

@@sodaz585 I'm glad we god the experts in here.

[@olfusey8838]

Mhhhmm roid rage carbonated crab meat cant get any better lol

[@CrankyBonesGaming]

Highly unlikely. Sometimes i see my soda go flat in 20 min. You guys really think it will be catbonated in the factorys being in the open for 200 years?

[@yourwifesboyfriend1485]

Mirelurk kings are almost never seen with queens so it's far more likely they control the other mirelurks It's also possible that mirelurks are hermaphroditic when born but switch to a different type of mirelurk based on environmental conditions which explains why we never see or hear of mirelurk king/mirelurk hunter hatchlings

[@YasonYou]

I really liked what they did with Fallout 4's mirelurks. Creatures of different species developing a broad symbiotic union is interesting.

[@Cricket0021]

ikr? the overgrown mutated crab variations really look like they evolved from a real creature but still keep its features pre-evolution unlike the humanoid ones that look like they'd fit more into skyrim/dnd fantasy game rather than a post nuclear war themed one.

[@mariokwok6190]

So basically, the mirelurks are mutated versions of the horseshoe crab with legs!

[@brodygray744]

Whenever I see the word Mirelurk, I always hear it in the voice of that dude mocking Vadim Bobrov in the Dugout Inn. Its a spot on sarcastic Russian impression and for some reason its been stuck in my head for years.

[@Chuckles_The_Goat_Clown]

"A MIRELURK?!" it is always in my head too lol

[@brodygray744]

@@Chuckles_The_Goat_Clown if there was some way to roll your "R"s through text I would. "A MIYURE LURRRK" 😂

[@Chuckles_The_Goat_Clown]

@@brodygray744 Exactly :o)

[@brodygray744]

@@Chuckles_The_Goat_Clown his name is Hawthorne. I was going through Confidence Man on one of my characters today and I forgot he hadn't seen this interaction yet.

[@YoKhai1221]

Ive always wanted to make a mod, where a surviving zoo worker(s) and biologist(s) Documents changes and theories about wasteland fauna. Mostly through holotapes.

[@gabrielgarcia7554]

I was just googling them lastnight after watching one of your videos and I was like “man, I really wished he had a lore video about the mirelurks” and now my wish was granted haha. Thank you Synonymous!

[@Synonymous101]

That's some good timing! 😁👍

[@TheBrokensaintvxvx]

The FO4 Mirelurk kings remind me of Gobies, which... yea... mudskippers are gobies so that makes sense.

[@pteroid11]

“The acid is likely highly corrosive urine.” Sniper from TF2: Beast after my own heart, mate.

[@longpham-sj5sv]

Piss

[@rottenfruit7833]

I love mirelurks so much. I remember fallout 3 was the first game I ever played and I got the 3 finger bowling ball treatment from every enemy I would find BUT the mirelurks. Something about exploding their faces did something to me back then. I was so happy to see them and would always travel by water for those tasty bois. Then in fallout 4 VR and 76 (oof) seeing them adapt and improve rekindled that murderous urge they developed in me long ago. A large enemy crab, attack it's weak spot for massive damage.

[@TobiIsAGoodBoy1]

i hate the new post F4 mirelurk king, i loved the F3 an new vegas' version where a snapping turtle has evolved so much due to radiation its become a semi sentient bipedal humanoid.

[@valor1omega]

I hate the NV looks and meh of fo3's, I like fo4's better. They don't look stupid nor like a person in an extremely cheap monster costume like they do in NV and FO3.

[@hib7295]

@@valor1omega yeah they look like actual animals

[@LugborG]

The spines on the kings from FO4 remind me of the lion fish, which also have similar fins to what we see there. They’re an invasive species that will happily attack native species, which could explain the aggression shown in the kings.

[@jaredrobinson7071]

So they are peeing in my face? That is quite unsettling.

[@unoriginalperson72]

Haha pee face!

[@Greedfa]

Meaning...they are legit peeing on us

[@enclavesoldier1112]

It's interesting how they look way different in fallout 3 then in fallout 4

[@waynecortez8875]

The creative artist died shortly after 3/new Vegas

[@enclavesoldier1112]

@@waynecortez8875 oh damn

[@ded2thaworld963]

Bethesda has never been great at holding continuity

[@ded2thaworld963]

@@811brian non indeed, no idea why they did that.

[@Alizudo]

The FO3 ones have smooth bodies and Horseshoe Crab shells, while the FO4 ones are simply giant Crabs. An in-lore explaination would be down to population. The horseshoe-mires and the crab-mires CAN interbreed, but that doesn't mean they always do. So there's two separate populations that are visually distinct.

[@EtchaSketch444]

Possible idea as to why the various Mirelurk species are considered Mirelurks, but Fog Crawlers/Giant Hermits/Anglers aren't, beyond all three only seeming to exist in Far Harbor. The Mirelurk species ,as mentioned in the video, live in a symbiotic relationship of sorts. They don't show aggression to each, a tleast not that we see. They nest near each other and generally work together. This isn't true of the Far Harbor sea critters, not as far as I remember. So Mirelurk could just refer to the "faction" of sea creatures that share a symbiotic relationship with each other, regardless of why they share this relationship.

[@fietehermans9903]

I'm surprised there hasn't been a Fallout enemy based on sea spiders. I love animals, including and especially 'land' spiders, but sea spiders are scary buggers!

[@changvasejarik62]

Given the terror I feel fighting a radscorpion, I’m glad they never introduced spiders of any kind in fallout.

[@rivahoukes1554]

@@changvasejarik62 radspiders or radantula (which I love) would be terrible. But would maybe allow you to make a something like a dagger. While able to use webs to slow you down and run in. And just like mirelurks you have 4 types. Like the hatchlings based off orbweavers, the main and most common based of the tarantula. The hunters based off huntsmen and the Queen based of goliath birdeater

[@cdcdrr]

"There is a good chance that the acid that they spit, is in fact corrosive urine." Thanks, I did not need to know that.

[@xinoss5086]

I remember when I first played FO3 back in 2008, I was scavenging on a boat and I turned around I seen the Mirelurk king for the first time standing like less than an inch away from me, I shrieked like a banshee

[@bubsterjohnson7438]

When i was a young buck I was creeping down with the ghouls by tempenny tower and was scared shitless lol fuck I miss those days I remember playing fo3,bioshock 1 and 2 and being sketched out the entire time haha good times forsure

[@Brugar18]

CRAB PEOPLE CRAB PEOPLE

[@G34RH34D]

That large fin fish/frog looking Mirelurk looks like a cousin of the Lurker from Skyrim's Dragonborn DLC.

[@thezambambo2184]

I always figured Lurkers were corrupted/mutated Slaughterfish, consider they sometimes have scales and eggs from em

[@-ElysianEcho-]

Very informative, been thinking about this from time to time since they are so different, i mean, i could believe the queens, normal ones and lobsters could be the same, but the kings were always so out of place

[@blackjack5908]

Post-Apocalyptic Louisiana and Florida must be hell on earth. Rad-Gators, Nuclear Strangler Snakes, and Florida man of course

[@davidhong1934]

As expected, Florida Man is the only non-mutant entity on this list

[@sneakyskunk1]

I always preferred the "guy in suit" design of the Fallout 3 mirelurk. Fallout 4 mirelurks are fine, but not my favorite.

[@milkbattery5477]

i definitely think they look more armored and tough with the fo4 design, and the running animations very funky. though i guess that could be attributed to the age of fo3

[@ariabritton9669]

I prefer the look of Fallout 4's. there's more variation among the mirelurks, plus the species that the kings evolved from in fallout 4 makes more sense than what they say they did in fallout 3. (snapping turtles? seriously? name one part of the kings from fallout 3 that looks like it would have come from a snapping turtle, or even a reptile for that matter.) also the guy who did the concept design for mirelurks for both fallout 3 and 4 said he prefers the designs of fallout 4. on a side note, when I first encountered a mirelurk in fallout 3 when i was much younger, (I think the first time i encountered them was in the treeminder caves or something like that, don't ask me how i avoided them everywhere else up until then lol.) i genuinely thought they were a weird form of a mutated cicada due to the face, lmao.

[@kyleellis1825]

The FO3 Kings made me think they were a crab/person fusion due to radiation like the Centaurs/ghouls. So finding out they're really just mutant animals, was kind of lame for me. I though

[@MexicanGoose937]

I thought you said sand instead of sound at first, and I thought "aw yes sand the only true weakness to crabs" it gave me a chuckle keep up the great work.

[@jmdesertadventures803]

Mirelurk means any mutated crustacean. It's a catch all term, as for the kings they could have evolved from the Coelacanth which had lobed fins and is also similar to the fish we would eventually evolve from.

[@thezambambo2184]

When you say "The fish we evolved from", do you mean Haikuicthes?

[@jmdesertadventures803]

@@thezambambo2184 I knew it wasn't Coelacanth but I didn't know the name of the particular species.

[@thezambambo2184]

@@jmdesertadventures803 To be fair, everything with a spine have some link back to Haikuicthes, even if it wasn't a vertebrate per say

[@Egghead1205]

My dude, your content is awesome! I've been waiting in someone to do a "fallout beastiary" and you have definitely provided. Thank you & keep up the awesome work!

[@meltaylor7984]

The snapping turtle variant is just a Furry with the designation of Scalie. Lol

[@unoriginalperson72]

No no no no, don't say that!

[@FuzzyLittleBastard]

I always suspected that mirelurk kings from FO3 and NV are supposed to be the same creature as those kings from FO4. I assumed it was just a retcon to make it more ""realistic""

[@unoriginalhazard]

It technically is a retcon. But makes more sense when put into perspective like the video described.

[@FuzzyLittleBastard]

@@unoriginalhazard yeah, even if it's not technically right (canon? True?) it's still fun to theorize

[@valor1omega]

Well seeing as they looked like cheap monster costumes with men inside and how in fo3 they can't live in fresh water but in NV they can breaking canon. Fo4's looks like actual monsters that can't live in clean water.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@valor1omega Well, the ones in NV are "Lakelurks" and are supposed to be mutated turtles.

[@kyleellis1825]

@@valor1omega Yes, Obsidan and New Vegas broke canon. And yet Bethesda gets blamed for NV not following canon.

[@dinodude6992]

I really want a fallout game where there is a settlement of intelligent mirelurks It's just that I really wanna talk to crab people. There could even be lore that they used to be human but due to some reason (FEV) they all mutated into crab people (a combination of them eating too much crabs and FEV). It'd a nice jab at carcinination, a phenomenon where many species end up evolving into crabs.

[@Skyflakes05]

Crab people, Crab people, taste like crab, talk like people.

[@nekogamer2508]

Crab people crab people talk like people look like Crabs crab people crab people

[@TimothyMark7]

This This needs to happen

[@vitaleriof]

And then you can reclute a crab companion

[@talalshahbaz2220]

There's actually some concept art of exactly for fallout 3

[@easycheese6409]

A deep dive into the metals and alloys of Fallout in regards to bladed weaponry would be nice.

[@samsarex4318]

Horseshoe crabs are one of my favorite aquatic creatures so seeing them in this terrifying form all over the place is amazing to me

[@daverunningpresidentofther1185]

This video is Dave approved, you have been given refuge status

[@captaincook5343]

Your republic is a forfeit, prepare to be reclaimed by the waistland.

[@Nervadane]

Mirelurks are my favorite mutant in the game

[@santosgonzalez3443]

Same they are definitely high on the food chain

[@TsunauticusIV]

I agree. They seem so... real for some reason.

[@makfrags14]

I prefer mudcrabs from Skyrim but mirelurks are also cool

[@TheBrokensaintvxvx]

@@TsunauticusIV Mechanically, Evolutionary wise, they actually make the less sense than ghouls (and ghouls make no sense), when compared to things like dogs, bloatflies, Mosquitos, Scorpions, Roaches, Deathclaws, and bears.

[@TsunauticusIV]

@@TheBrokensaintvxvx You’re one of those people, I see.

[@brockschannel3927]

my headcannon is that fallout 4 mirelurk kings are a prehistoric species from the Devonian or Carboniferous period that lived deep in subterranean rivers and came to the surface after the bombs dropped. My reason for thinking this is because they're eyes are white which suggest that they lived in areas with no light They're sonic attack could evolve from them using echolocation to navigate in underground tunnels And that there was a pre war horror movie depicting this very creature The only way I can think of them being known about in pre war times is if there were fossils of them found That's my headcannon anyways

[@myhnea15]

I realy like the sound of your theory, I'll add it to my library of headcannon

[@thatamericanloser2833]

That makes a lot of sense. I am behind this 100%.

[@cnut7383]

I like your theory but the time periods are so stupid

[@danieldragotti2608]

If crabs tast good with melted butter, do mirelurks?

[@changvasejarik62]

Judging by the mirelurk boiling to death in far harbor I’m gonna say yes if you can find butter.

[@kyleellis1825]

Best meat in the Wasteland.

[@shadehunter]

Very much well-done, sir! I've watched several of your videos today. They're on par with the quality found in Fudgemuppet, TheEpicNate, and Camelworks videos. I'm highly impressed and have learned alot today! I hope your channel grows to a million subs and beyond!

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Fallout 4 Mirelurk King is basically a Warcraft murlock and you can't change my mind

[@Syd.The.Squidd]

Oh thank Atom! This is the content I need

[@God_gundam36]

I think a cool video would be going over the aesthetic differences between enemies and gear. It can be broken between 3 eras 1-2 3-vegas 4-76

[@StaceyAyodele]

I love these Fallout lore videos so much! Keep up the great work.

[@triqsteh47]

As a fallout fan for many years, I am loving your channel! Keep up the good work

[@oddtomato1049]

I always thought that the Fallout 4 Mirelurk, and the Mirelurk Queen are different species due to their difference in tails, height, shell, and abilities. Since we never see a mirelurk hatchling with a pointy tail Which makes one wonder why these Mirelurks are spreading the eggs of another species throughout the wasteland. If that's the case, where do the normal Mirelurks breed in Fallout 4? Or am i just completely wrong, and the gender differences where forgotten during development?

[@tucolucious7128]

So many questions

[@unoriginalperson72]

It's Bethesda they forgot to give me the will to care about the story, so they may have forgotten to gender the hatchlings

[@oddtomato1049]

@@unoriginalperson72 Good point.

[@nodaerT]

@@oddtomato1049 Actually there are two different types of hatchling. A Spawn and the common hatchling. The spawn are larger, have pointed tails and are rarer. My theory is the queen is the female of the species. Much larger for her own protection. She lays eggs and is defended by the males. Spawn are female, rarer, larger, become queens, etc. Normal hatchlings become either normal males or hunters. Softshells are adolescent males. Normal Mirelurk males are males who kill or collect food, they are also charged with defending eggs and the females. Hunters are fertile males who are charged with finding other females to breed with. In this way Mirelurks are like ants but with a slight difference in that the males are the workers and warriors.

[@oddtomato1049]

@@nodaerT The slight problem with this theory is that the Spawn's Tail are identical to the Hatchlings. But then again, the Hermit Crab spawn also looks like a Mirelurk Hatchling but red. So it could just be pure Laziness on Bethesda's part.

[@hoddtoward]

Don't mind me, just lurking here

[@spiritchanger]

"He's just lurking there.. MIRECINGLY"

[@drewgearhart2011]

I enjoy your lore videos so much. Can’t wait for the next one

[@NoMorePlz]

Keep up the great videos. I love fallout lore, and watch yours the same day as they drop every time. Thanks for the quality content!

[@Synonymous101]

Thanks for watching, I appreciate the support! 😁👍

[@amazingandy007yt3]

Nice video to watch before going to bed.

[@justinbrockway7044]

Here for the crab meat

[@donkeyboi9863]

I really ad-MIRE your work. I'm always LURKing around your channel waiting for the next vid!

[@Synonymous101]

These puns are too good 😂👍

[@CraigMetalHead]

The lore for the mirelurk kings was already established. They exert control by being the best Elvis impersonators.

[@thejuggernogperk1364]

I have a phobia of them since fallout 4 came out

[@unoriginalperson72]

How so?

[@thejuggernogperk1364]

@@unoriginalperson72 the clicking noise the face im alright with spiders and everything else it puts me on edge

[@Duzxy9]

@@thejuggernogperk1364 there fucking hard to kill on fallout 3

[@thejuggernogperk1364]

@@Duzxy9 i know can waste a coucple Chinese AR mags into the barstards

[@angelnolasco9723]

Synonymous never lets you down

[@thezambambo2184]

I always just ended up yelling "Crab People!" Whenever I saw a Mirelurk in 3

[@YeTheGOATNoCap]

A single mirelurk can probably feed a whole settlement for days.

[@mikeschlau4501]

Right. Like the one which is cooked alive in Far Harbor.

[@Ema-uv4re]

8 seconds ago, never clicked on a video so fast

[@thesheiladeala]

Another banger video, loved this! I’d adore to see more videos on the Fauna of the wasteland, particularly Far Harbour

[@MrLockfree]

Love these videos. I was impressed by the theory connecting mirelurk kings and mudskippers. Idk if that was all you but SOMEBODY did their homework. Good job, cheers!

[@Buugzy]

I hope Bethesda gives rights to Obsidian, I can’t wait for the day Obsidian makes a Post Apocalyptic Soviet Union Fallout. Same engine as New Vegas! FO4 was dog shite along wit FO76

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Microsoft owns Bethesda, Microsoft owns Obsidian..it's only a matter of time

[@Buugzy]

@@JoshuaKevinPerry yea I see Microsoft making it an Xbox Exclusive smh

[@espantalho4141]

As a person who is terrified of the ocean irl id love if a fallout game ever explored the idea of underwater exploration, plus submersible power armor, mutated sea life and hell, underwater vaults, settlements and factions

[@tylercoffin2640]

I'd like giant mutant racoons that still choose to go through trash.

[@jeremiah6945]

Very nice video. Can't wait to check out your other fallout content

[@spikeyslug1717]

These guys creep me out so hard. The creatures in F4 just feel so realistic, some of them just send chills down your spine how creepy they are.

[@naiveveg8447]

Everyone knows grandma sparkles actually a witch of the wasteland biding her time to take over the the wasteland with an army of mirelurks.

[@nicoleboatwright2190]

Another great video, I always wonder what they came from. I have to say that the cross breading is really good.

[@saintedheathen6182]

Alligators changed through radiation would have been super cool

[@valor1omega]

I like his theory of the mudskipper being the fo4's king. I remember doing a report on the horse shoe crab for school a long time ago. I can see the connection to them clearly. Interesting fact: Horse shoe crabs was almost wiped out by man when losers started pulling them out of the water to draw their blue blood from them because some idiots thought their blood could cure stuff. They then left them to die on the beach instead of returning them to the water where they could recover. If it wasn't for more intelligent people the horse shoe crab would have been lost.

[@MattnessLP]

Very nice and informative, thanks for the video!

[@myhnea15]

Great video just like the others! Would love to see more theory video's like the one you did on what happened to horses in the Fallout world.

[@rebekahoberson1447]

Maybe the fog crawlers, hermit crabs and anglers aren’t called mirelurks just because of a “cultural” thing. Cause they do come from a different island with different people.

[@Mike28625]

Fairy tales aside. The common mirelurk looks exactly like overgrown body lice. Crabs. That's the joke.

[@ronin8188]

The kings are ruling through fear with their slick back hair and leather jackets

[@ejsmith2246]

Your channel is criminally underrated!!!

[@THEsunnyinpa]

Algorithm finally did good by me. How have I never seen your videos? Been a fallout fan for years now. Great video.

[@yovitasrimulyani2663]

lol, only a matter of time fallout will have giant spider crab and coconut crab mirelurks

[@masonwilliams1345]

Imagine hearing the sound of a mirelurk and not being able to find it until it pounces down at you from the roof.

[@RevenantLink]

I think Mirelurk kings act as a sort of shepherd, and have domesticated the lesser lurks in a weird way. they protect the nests and benefit by getting to eat some of the eggs and some of the weaker crabs.

[@dpchamilion4915]

You make great vids keep it up!

[@Raptormon132]

Does anyone else, besides me, think that some of the Mirelurks resemble the Garthim from The Dark Crystal? In fact, I would not be surprised if the creators of Fallout was a fan of The Dark Crystal, and got the idea of Mirelurks from the Garthim.

[@coenanderson178]

Hell yeah I'm always excited when you make a video

[@GlitterGothBunny]

Mudskippers always freaked me out. And I liked that the king lurkers looked like the creature from the black lagoon. The first time I saw one was by the legion camp n i was like cool! Oh crap im dead >.< Lol

[@akashsuresh1369]

When i see this video, I remember how ThenApple began to make the lore about Fallout creatures. You sir, Has got my subscription.

[@lewisgunter5424]

Crabs: *dangerously increasing size to unhealthy standards* Marylanders: *open Old Bay can with evil intentions*

[@joshuagraham416]

YES more lore yay. Love ur lore content keep it up

[@labmanatlarge]

Thanks for another great Lore video

[@mulinda3777]

Snapping turtles got a glow-up.

[@unclemiguel4221]

mirelurks are my favorite mutated creature in the wasteland and the fact that they are canonically delicious and taste just like expensive crab is also my favorite thing, whenever i play fallout i mostly just eat mirelurks whenever i can

[@justinjacobs1501]

The 3D artist for Fallout 3 and 4 rencently stated that the Kings are a completely separate species that use theor sonic abilities to control and lead the crab mirelurks.