Why Do Things Keep Evolving Into Crabs?

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For some reason, animals keep evolving into things that look like crabs, independently, over and over again. What is it about the crab’s form that makes it so evolutionarily successful that non-crabs are apparently jealous of it?
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Thanks to Franz Anthony for all of the ancient crab (and "crab") illustrations featured throughout this episode! franzanth.com/ And special thanks to Dr. Jo Wolfe, Dr. Javier Luque, and Dr. Katie Collins for assisting Franz with research for those illustrations.
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[@blank-3403]

Does it talk about how the future could be a crab infested world

[@NecrochildK]

The Cretaceous Crab Revolution. So, crab rave.

[@Darkstar.....]

Crab people Crab people Crab people!

[@jackwest7197]

Are we gonna turn into a crab?

[@dex2862]

evolution isn’t real

[@jeffreycervantes3609]

"Can I have evolution?" "For biodiversity? " "Yes, for biodiversity " Actually keeps evolving crabs like a boss

[@Star-pl1xs]

lmfao

[@Jokoer86]

Lol

[@bruhmania7359]

"can i have evolution?" "for biodiversity?" "yeeesssss" *actually evolves into crab like a boss* *crab time*

[@Max_Le_Groom]

_Slaps carapace:_ I bet this baby can fit so much evolution in it.

[@wv4776]

You deserve applause

[@spectralmaya4586]

reject humanity return to crab

[@rainbowosprey1619]

@Jet nice pfp!

[@dopz2009]

one day crabs will rule over us and i welcome that

[@Alex-fv2qs]

Hi Zoidberg

[@hugogaratecallejo9817]

same benefits as monke, with none of the inconvenients

[@R.Lennartz]

@Josue Rodriguez Taste like crab, talk like people...

[@burchie1224]

Everyone's asking why things keep evolving into crabs, but no one is asking why we haven't evolved into crabs yet. We should really give it a try.

[@lmaoitsmitch7388]

You guys haven’t yet???

[@noodlery7034]

Speak for yourself

[@ihavebecomedeathdestroyero3234]

Look up crabs in a bucket...some of people are evolve did

[@kishascape]

Yes makes me wonder if you were to account for all the life forms in space how many would be crab people. I guess that star trek TNG episode of interdimensional crabs that were abducting the crew isn't too unrealistic after all.

[@901johnboi]

We haven't met the evolution requirements

[@yungg7313]

Bro I had no idea there were so many crab impostors out there but from now one when I see one I’m callin em out fr it’s time to stand up for the true crabs

[@oompalumpus699]

There are only two types of lifeforms in the universe: Those who were born crab, and those who wished they were crab.

[@fostinator69]

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become a 🦀

[@PiOfficial]

And crab people

[@DaDoubleDee]

There is only Crab. Obey and enjoy Crab.

[@shoelebron-officialchannel5550]

soon everyone will be crab

[@milomoon06]

Very true.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Water: ✔ Land: ✔ Air: Soon.

[@Cat-yx7xc]

Us too!

[@eyup213]

Ducks.

[@edrienmanzanero4081]

If u come to think of it you could just wait for your dinner probably could crash near your window bim bam boom ez food

[@onyourleft9273]

@@Cat-yx7xc Flying Cats! Cools

[@onyourleft9273]

Please no I don’t need flying coconut crabs

[@davchan4423]

We live downtown in a coastal city so we were far but not too far from the sea. One night, we heard weird scraping sounds from the backyard. My dad and I decided to check it out. We inspected the area with a flashlight and found a large blue shelled creature with very long legs. Turns out, a coconut crab found its way to our backyard in the residantial area. So yeah, you're not alone in fearing coconut crabs.

[@yougottamove]

Did you killed him?

[@davchan4423]

@@yougottamove we hacked it to death with a machete, yeah.

[@toheekang174]

@@davchan4423 damn, that brutal though I can’t blame you for that

[@EclecticallyEccentric]

​@@davchan4423 Why did you kill it?

[@TheCapitalWanderer]

​@@EclecticallyEccentric coconut crabs are scary asf

[@1acecad]

It is not only the crab form that seems to be a "strange attractor" . Think how much the sea mammals look similar to a fish when you consider the form of it's ancestor as a land mammal. It is incredible how the evolution converges to the optimal shape for a certain environment (water) even if the origin may be very different.

[@stevepalpatine2828]

Sharks, dolphins, and Icthyosaurs come to mind.

[@bray2964]

*-Points at Crab-* "You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like"

[@vigo7334]

perfection

[@slimeguy6122]

This is proof that future humans will become crabs

[@ReaverPrime]

@@slimeguy6122 Well, remember the Brine Kingdom in Aqua Man?

[@slimeguy6122]

@@ReaverPrime you mean the Perfect Life form Kingdom

[@joshuaidugboe214]

TIME TO CRAB *contorques to ambiguous creature*

[@heskrthmatt]

“Why do things keep evolving into crabs?” *Looks nervously at hands*

[@artemis_smith]

*pinchers

[@torquetheprisoner]

its not December yet

[@rafaelmonroyrojas4240]

Cursed comment

[@chanbricks4461]

Lego minifigures are the middle ground of crabs and humans

[@metha9987]

Crab people, crab people... Look like crabs, talk like people...

[@yeOldeThorne]

3:56 "Cretaceous Crab Revolution" sounds like a punk album from the 90s

[@dw1894]

I accidentally picked up a coconut crab in the dark one time thinking it was a coconut, It was absolutely horrifying.

[@puffinpillow9419]

nightmare fuel

[@kulled]

no you didn't

[@pohnprayin]

Yeah, no you didn’t.

[@TaureanDreams]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Chunga9]

How dark was it!?

[@kaldordraigo7278]

Species: *evolves to look like a crab* Crustaceans: “you could not live with your own failures. Where did that bring you? Back to me”

[@boah5098]

oh no

[@tux2457]

Lol

[@c00kiec18]

@@tux2457 I see you

[@tux2457]

@@c00kiec18 *CONFUSED SCREAMING*

[@harsha1989able]

Top grade comment...

[@surreal9583]

You're laughing. Things keep evolving into crabs, and you're laughing.

[@legowhite2]

You think things evolving into crabs is funny? I do, and I’m tired of pretending it’s not

[@TheSimplyJJP]

What do you get when you have people turning into crabs WITH A SOCIETY THAT ABANDONS THEM AND TREATS THEM LIKE TRASH?!

[@someoned166]

you're right i feel so ashamed

[@viciousKev]

That could be me, turning into a crab on the sidewalk, and you would just step right over me!

[@roarpar]

how about another crab, Murray?

[@ridesafe2390]

everyones asking why the crab but no-ones asking how's the crab :/

[@Pluto624]

Crabs are simply the final, most perfected state of evolution.

[@lukaberonja3721]

''You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a crab''

[@yaboileon3758]

What if I want to become *crab*

[@sandmountainsam9287]

This is just a copied comment

[@lukaberonja3721]

@@sandmountainsam9287 I Have been busted :C

[@ellencook1658]

😂

[@eventhorizon396]

CRAB RAVE!!!

[@blackboard8176]

“Kill me, please, before I become...” *Gargling* Violently becomes a Crab

[@DEADEND176]

Thats horryfiying

[@yesno8273]

crab apocalypse

[@josea.hilario712]

Not a bad way to go

[@macklaws8991]

@Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes I was gonna say that

[@kalebb1226]

Quickly get lemon and butter sauce!

[@Henfredemars]

This is seriously incredible work. I’m fascinated and wonder what other evolutionary convergences exist.

[@JonSmith-cx7gr]

I have noticed that in the past, athletes would warm up by running forwards but nowadays, it is common to see athletes running sideways. If my hypothesis (based on extrapolating such behaviours ) is correct, within the next 10 years we can expect to see athlete's warm ups start to include crab like hand motions. This will filter down to general population as well as inevitably being adapted by the military as the most efficient way of moving and combat. (It is worth noting that Karate already favours a side-on stance!)

[@pit2992]

The deadliest martial art: The Krab.

[@vcguerrilla6438]

Evolution : I made a new animal Mother Earth : New animal or crab again Evolution : *crabagain*

[@Wertsir]

Thank you Janet.

[@JamesUsill1]

Dannie Drako!

[@sumreensultana1860]

Mother earth :- mm I feel Strange Evolution:- what did I create Humanity:- ordera de humana

[@bChuraful]

Bilbo Baggins: Why not, why shouldn’t I become a crab? [[proceeds to become crab]]

[@senny-]

I'm disappointed with the lack of mention of the pubic louse (yes, they're lice which parasitize your pubic hair), also known as the crab louse. In facts, lots of lice resemble crabs for some reason, like the hog louse (Haematopinus suis). They have pincers and all.

[@katjarozantseva8069]

I opened yt app and yes, "why do things keep evolving into crabs" is exactly the question I needed at 6 am

[@eggpon6819]

Haha I win, it's 1:38 am here୧( ˵ ° ~ ° ˵ )୨

[@onedan9x256]

Its 5 am

[@yumibro8121]

Ekaterina Rozantseva omg stop it’s 5:47am by me and I was just thinking the same thing

[@Symcoffee]

Same, except that it is 6:56 AM for me lol

[@Mastablasta-fr2zv]

thats hilarious its 6 am for me and same

[@NinjasUseGlocks]

"Why do animals keep evolving into crabs?" I was not aware of this issue, but I am intrigued

[@xChimkin]

hows it feel your great great ×500,000,000 grandchild will be a crab person

[@ZigealFaust]

Zoidberg was peak evolution all along....

[@alexsilva28]

Lol that's not an issue... Is it?

[@Paches92-]

@@xChimkin “crab people, crab people”

[@splashgordon2557]

😭😭

[@mysticmuffin2198]

“The Mezosoic Decapod Revolution” is such a cool name for a band holy crab

[@emilymcplugger]

Fascinating. The process of turning into a crab sounds like something from a horror movie.

[@HuneeBruh]

"Ah, darn it honey, the cat evolved into a crab again."

[@Frank-jk3qq]

Again!?!?

[@poppypoppop3231]

no wonder my brother’s a hermit

[@Frank-jk3qq]

@@poppypoppop3231 that's just coconuts

[@SakkichoYT]

I hate it when it happens

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

My cat’s moon sign is Cancer so it’s only a matter of time...

[@marcellofp7465]

“Why do things keep evolving into crabs?” *Reject Monke* *Embrace crab*

[@enqrbit]

Monke eat crab Monke superior

[@gapuxo]

wait until bigger crab

[@eddiemaiden4192]

@@enqrbit there’s always a bigger crab

[@Dexuz]

@@gapuxo Giant enemy crab.

[@gulag3463]

crab

[@daleva187goligo]

same thing happens in the micro animal world as well, it goes to show that this form is highly efficient

[@lasercraft32]

Congratulation! Your Pikachu evolved into *C R A B I C H U !*

[@ungchungkheang5348]

The hardest decision of evolution: Return to monke Or Evolve to crab

[@omegaproskills]

r e t u r n t o c o c o n u t

[@mateo4508]

Become crocodile🐊

[@lucasliam8238]

Monke monke monke

[@ofeekins9614]

Fudge it an going to return to bacteria

[@alienozi]

Evolve to crab

[@ajyu7289]

Evolution, gesturing to mammals: "This is brilliant." Evolution, pointing at crabs: "But I like this."

[@raven4k998]

do you have crabs again?

[@tiniutami3548]

Aowkwk

[@leociresi4292]

Doh,doh,doh……

[@VMKAROUND365]

It's crazy the influence of a car reviewer like Jeremy Clarkson has over the world His 20 year old quotes are still memed today

[@fallonvandrunen4336]

U sound like a meme. xD

[@Winterfang]

PBS didn't knew how important and iconic this video would become.

[@tylerbrown9757]

Such an intersting episode. Thank you for providing the indiginous land acknowledgements!

[@davidbrunner7772]

"What music do you listen to?" "CCR" "Oh I love Credence!" "Oh, yeah me too" *hides Cretaceous Crab Revolution CD under coat*

[@scottydog1313]

That was the first thing I thought of, how to explain to others that my CCR wasn't the same as their CCR.

[@baileyj7968]

Featuring their hit song “Crab Moon Rising”

[@goodun2974]

@@baileyj7968 ouch! Groan! I salute you!

[@sephikong8323]

Well, my character is in a band with the character of another player in a tabletop rpg. After having read that I went to urge him to name the band Cretaceous Crab Revolution

[@Alex-fv2qs]

Who wouldn't like to play some CCR on Crab Crab Revolution?

[@kayumangii]

"You either *die* a *monke,* or you *live* enough to see yourself became the *crab."*

[@dagdbot83]

- Wise Man

[@valiroime]

Monke??? Monkey? Monkee? Monk?

[@aidanbotgames]

Monkcrab

[@luscioushalustar]

This is underrated comment

[@kingofallgodzillas9901]

Good joke man

[@DamnedSilly]

I've watched a lot of these videos by now but this is the first one to make me hungry. I actually found myself looking at fascinating fossils and mentally calculating roughly how many millions of years you'd have to wait for butter or even a recognizable lemon.

[@healthfadsfade]

This is literally my favorite KZbin channel, period 😂. I have binge watched for a week or so

[@mikhailkataev5420]

„Reject humanity,return to monke“ *abandon humanity,progress to crab*

[@gustavopereira4924]

Regressive Monke vs Progressive Crab Pick Your side

[@fodee4313]

@@gustavopereira4924 crabby monke

[@monk9948]

Crabè

[@ReikiMaulana]

Kraeb

[@vladimirvikentije5202]

Krab

[@glacierwolf2155]

Nature: "I've done nothing but make crabs for 300 million years."

[@silly_lil_guy]

WHERE, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN SENDING THEM!?

[@jacklarsen7362]

@@silly_lil_guy What?

[@NoobsofFredo]

This is beautifil.

[@silly_lil_guy]

@@jacklarsen7362 oh no you don't understand the joke

[@fabianremie9888]

@@silly_lil_guy Nature: uuuh. **giant (fake) crab bursts out of ocean with yacht in it's claws**

[@JohnDoe-uv3rr]

“CRAAB PEOPLE, CRAAB PEOPLE. LOOK LIKE CRABS TALK LIKE PEOPLE” -Crab people

[@dextermiguel21]

This is why we always feel the urge to "snip-snip" when holding the tongs.

[@Avi-tc2ym]

i wish the crab world was aware of this lol

[@zachwas8724]

Underrated

[@Jason-cl6yp]

Crab rave

[@clevername8832]

It's so true 🤣😂🤣

[@jvpro2076]

The crab is all powerful and must be worshiped

[@doofeternal3670]

I hate it when I’m chilling with my friend and he evolves intro a crab

[@IanFishooks]

Ugh, yeah, it's kinda annoying

[@stephaniebaker6001]

SO annoying, isn't it? 🙄

[@arandomcrocodilian691]

Bruh that's sooooo relatable.. one time i was chilling with all my homies then we started turning into crabs.

[@aa-ir6si]

@@arandomcrocodilian691 Hold on... “We”? Does that mean that you turned into a crab too?!?!!

[@arandomcrocodilian691]

@@aa-ir6si yeah, it was pretty weird. We started having pinchers and then all of a sudden crab rave started playing

[@GordonSlamsay]

I dunno what it is, but crabs just make me happy.

[@AntonioZL]

Reject humanity. Reject monke. Evolve to crab.

[@monke6776]

I’ll see you all in a hundred million years when KZbin recommends this to us when we’re all crabs

[@CheshireTheMaid]

See you then, flesh-heretic.

[@SrJrXVIII]

Crab crab crab crab crab crab?

[@leosanchez101]

@@SrJrXVIII that will be our language and we will be eating bubbles off a sewer pipe!

[@gobyivvivilvaq]

see ya

[@4minus1d]

I'm calling dibs on being a coconut crab

[@raulapontia4609]

Scientists: “so tell me why did you evolve into a crab” Crabs: “I like money”

[@rhythm5080]

Underrated af!!!

[@mugakamurakumo]

Is it weird that I heard their voices when I read this? I came here for SpongeBob memes and references and it didn't disappoint. 🤣

[@Cor_Nelis]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahaha!

[@fbi288]

Nice lol

[@VildhjartaFanGurl]

*slow clap that gradually evolves into a roaring applause*

[@KimboKG14]

[ominous voice] walk like crab talk like people. crab people crab people

[@oknc9122]

this video is going to live rent free in my head and get me through this research study i have to participate in for the next 3 hours so i can pass my psych 1010 class

[@zess_t5952]

Crab is inevitable. It’s not a question of “if”, but rather “when” will we be crab

[@justsomeice9585]

Reject humanity accept crab

[@bobb5492]

crab people. crab people. turn into crab, still talk like people.

[@firstnamelastname3212]

Noooo, I don't wanna be crab!

[@infiniter4in178]

@@firstnamelastname3212 It's already too late. Believe in the shell.

[@firstnamelastname3212]

@@infiniter4in178 NOOOOOOO

[@inigoalvarez1579]

"Mom, i swear, this is not a phase, CRAB is my ultimate life form"

[@apersonwhoisontheinternet2689]

Life talking to mother nature be like

[@gallowdance3721]

Kars is shaking and crying

[@SkylerHamm587]

@@gallowdance3721 “It’s not working!!”

[@the_hanburger]

@@gallowdance3721 AY AY AY AYYY **aztec awakening ritual theme plays**

[@taekwontheo]

@@the_hanburger kars in the lava when he forgot crab armor existed and used armadillo armor.

[@hpfctif7tx7t]

Astronaut 1: Wait, so it was all crabs Astronaut 2: Always has been

[@Jaggerbush]

What's interesting is that they aren't symmetric like most things in nature. A bird. A dog. A person. A fly. We have a left and right side are mirror opposites. But crabs have pinchers on one side and big claw hammer on the other side.

[@varunyu]

Me: *reads title* *Slowly changes posture*

[@dumbdee9551]

👌👁 👄 👁 🤏

[@edhart9156]

Oi you stole my profile pic

[@yomu1872]

Insert spiderman pointing at another spiderman meme here

[@bucketsareunderrated7258]

Sounds like something a crab Whould say...

[@jgray1831]

I really hope you mean adjust your posture to that of a crab

[@harishyam-]

Remember the guy who turned into a crab by eating loads of them in One Punch Man? It makes sense now.

[@otakudestroyer8520]

He is the perfect life form!

[@izarreboogieman8624]

@@otakudestroyer8520 nah the perfect life form is both REJECT HUMANITY RETURN TO MONKE and REJECT HUMANITY EVOLVE TO CRAB

[@riks081]

Crablante

[@samthelad4313]

Crablante still had human legs for some reason😂😂😂

[@grothdrakk-slayer725]

@@samthelad4313 hence why he died. Not evolved enough.

[@Gamer36046]

Crab: "Now I"m not claiming I know gods plan, I'm just saying, I AM it."

[@sash4all]

I'm same buffled about why some thousand years ago so many predatory not related animals had saber teeth and none of them are living today. There lived cats, tigers, marsupials and even salmons with saber teeth. Today we have just walruses, boars and the water deer, which are truly interesting, but they're not using their teeth like real saber tooth predators did.

[@harnoorsingh2866]

2020: Humans are crap 2023: Humans are crab

[@FirstLast-uz6eq]

CRAB PEOPLE CRAB PEOPLE TASTE LIKE CRAB TALK LIKE PEOPLE

[@puggumpus]

*C R A B*

[@dkkanofkash8798]

@@FirstLast-uz6eq CRAAAB PEEOPLE CRAAAAB PEEOPLE

[@indridcold8433]

I am infested with crabs and creams, powders, tweezers and magnifying glass picking st them, shaving, waxing, and bleaching do not work. Crabs really are a great evolutionary survivor. I am an unfortunate witness to how tough crabs are.

[@judsongaiden9878]

I wanna be a nautilus! *^w^*

[@carykh]

wait.... we humans have lost our tails.... and we've been getting, uhhh, "wider" in recent years.... what does this mean for us 😳

[@lilcrust3063]

reject humanity return to crab

[@ticunfound5173]

*dun dun duuuun*

[@riverajustinmarks.]

Hey Cary

[@Huge-orge]

*Animorphs into crab with regular show sound

[@MagicalHatStudios]

Your fate is crab.

[@NightfuryManiaLegends_]

I truly love the way he days " Impostors I tell you!" I'm subbing her has so much humor lol!

[@soxfan19812]

Put me in front of a grill with a pair of tongs and I will instantly become a crab

[@littleluna1019]

I love how the title sounds like it came from an angry paleontologist who is very tired of finding crab fossils

[@donnadanielsen9411]

Hahahaha

[@verlax8956]

Hahahaha

[@christophermurcia3907]

Hahahaha

[@BananaColada]

Hahahaha

[@RavenIsAnArtist]

Hahahaha

[@001Raksha]

"Are we then, too, destined to become crabs?" A horrible thought as I shuck my fifth coconut.

[@MaxMax-kt2pw]

Kinda sus ngl

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

Lmfao

[@annaschneider225]

Words cannot describe how much I love and needed this comment in my life

[@moe9292]

r/twosentencehorror LMFAO

[@andrewp146]

@@moe9292 LOL U SUCK

[@bo-dine7971]

I thought this video was going to be partly about the countless arachnids that also evolved to be very very crab-like, from tiny mites to the crab-spiders.

[@resylautner]

as a casual subscriber of this channel, I'm quite surprised when i found out this video has bahasa indonesia subtitle. what a nice surprise considering our language isn't so popular

[@thecarptain]

I now need a pokemon that has absolutely nothing to do with crabs evolve into a crab.

[@ninjabaiano6092]

It would be hilarious

[@THE_PIER]

Literally Digimon

[@mysingingmonstersfan1023]

The crab equivalent to remiraid and octillery YES

[@knvs2931]

Kinda like Snorunt and Glalie where I swear I don't know how a mini-tent evolves into a goddamned soccer ball

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Carcineon. It's the Bug type evolution for Eevee.

[@jackson3475]

Humanity: What's the deal with things evolving into crabs every so often? Nature: You may not like it, but... **points at crab** this is exactly what peak performance looks like.

[@saulesalejos4483]

Crab *Starts raving*

[@bluecat6902]

*slaps crab* this is what peak performance is like

[@MrSilverfab]

Indeed it is

[@TotalGAMIX]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

[@thomasjuniardi3559]

Mr Crab had a secret formula 🤫

[@toniodu371200]

1 - Armor 2 - Don't need much to survive 3 - Pincer means capable of holding things 4 - No bones and ligament means more place for power muscles 5 - Can breath both in and out the water 6 - Peak evolution

[@LanxPenzenpepper]

Mom: wha... WHY ARE YOU SO HARD HEADED? Me: Crab

[@AscendingBliss]

It's good to know that my getting rounder and flatter is just my body evolving into a crab...

[@ezramizrahi5389]

Lol yeah

[@AB-ee5tb]

😂😂😂

[@partsunknown1679]

😂

[@jdcagabhion4003]

my thoughts exactly

[@lifegoeson1007]

😂 soon you’ll have to change your shell like Mr. Crabs 😅

[@Doc-Holliday1851]

I love the implied exasperation of the title. Like some marine biologist is just looking around at his textbooks and in a moment sudden realization exclaims "why do things keep evolving into crabs!?"

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Okay but I'm pretty sure that's how it went down

[@Gabsboy123]

Does that marine biologist have a punching ghost that can stop time?

[@kelnhide]

@@Gabsboy123 probably.

[@wilsonwilson3674]

I think of a distressed Italian aggressively moving his hands around, while saying it in a bad accent.

[@MrChoklad]

- Wait, is it all crab? - Always has been

[@martinkrieger125]

"Why do things keep evolving into crabs?" "They're not."

[@daffaramadhan5358]

i've watched this 2 years ago and im gonna watch it again

[@ewfurry6499]

Because Crabs are the true final evolution we must all ascend to. Crab People.

[@andymoore8835]

Taste like crab. Talk like people

[@sashathegoma7914]

Parshendi/Singers represent.

[@renegademaster4222]

We’re crab people now Charlie

[@Lobstersbetwerkin]

Zoidberg

[@GabiN64]

Thanks, fish from Spongebob

[@nameputhpong9041]

“You may not like it, but THIS is what peak performance looks like.”

[@kingt0295]

@@rezrezas the mass effect race?

[@rezrezas]

@@kingt0295 yeah, thane krios

[@kingt0295]

@@rezrezas thane was a top tier companion, i loved him

[@k.h.g3695]

But drells are reptillian

[@Jorge-125]

IASIP reference?😂

[@stubbornpotatogaming6220]

I just realized that even on our inventions in robotics. We can always find that crab-like feature is the most optimal way to make a functioning robot.

[@nsc_notncs]

Reject humanity, become crab🦀

[@Necrikus]

It's the crab cycle. There is only one step, and it is crab.

[@joshuawright593]

@@jlr4434 I g

[@paillette2010]

I see what you did here 🤣🤣

[@acatisfinetoo3018]

Clever you...do you what a cookie for that?

[@korovyevf.804]

Very underrated comment

[@Dwhifwhidwhiqdn12]

Crab

[@TheShadesOfBlack]

Title sounds like a mad scientist frustrated with his mutation experiments. “BUT WHY do they keep evolving into CRABS!”

[@tux2457]

Lol ur funny

[@2reinrein]

I'd love to have an army of crab monsters

[@luciddreams7976]

🤣🤣😭 l

[@c00kiec18]

@@tux2457 I see you

[@tux2457]

@@c00kiec18 *CONFUSED SCREAMING*

[@mattchagnon5620]

Crabs: I am a crab. Fake crabs: I am a crab! Scientists: Aheem...

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

The older I get, the crabbier I get.

[@Appxplore]

Eventually we all become one with the Crab Gods...

[@mrpndaman129]

We are crap gods

[@Hero-ec9ki]

We are *jddiqiwkd* gods

[@brukernavn142]

Crab people

[@starrynight3945]

@@brukernavn142 no doubt, we love clap, clap people. Whose clap good, is clap god haha

[@brockrock2359]

And we'll crab rave every night!

[@generalcodsworth4417]

"Honey, where did I put the lobste- gosh dangit it evolved into a crab again"

[@carefree1395]

Hank hill voice

[@user-pj1ec5om5g]

@@carefree1395 I’ll tell you hwat

[@GodittoC]

69 likes, make a wish!

[@tarun1982]

Next Hollywood sci-fi comedy: Honey, I crabbified the kids!

[@Maxzes_]

@@user-pj1ec5om5g ur pfp is really cool dont change ot

[@thespookylocker]

Screw it, my bloodline will be crabs now

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

weird unscientific and sounds silly but when my father died I tried to imagine where his energy went and all I kept seeing in my mind was a crab shuffling around in the sand on the ocean floor.

[@Jeremyb2023]

You gotta love how authoritatively they speak on all of this when they're really just hypothesizing pretty much all of it.

[@omarlynmartinez7887]

Evolution: * looks at crabs* Evolution: "is this the ideal form?"

[@zddxddyddw]

Answer: *Y E S*

[@marcochavez9381]

GIANT ENEMY CRAB

[@fuizin548]

TIME FOR CRAB

[@Helem5XG]

P E A K P E R F O R M A N C E

[@seandre9611]

"You may not like it but this is what the peak crustacean form looks like".

[@atomiswave2]

Freeza is a crab?

[@anaveragegigachad39]

a soundsmith reference?

[@Astaroth73]

"Impostors I tell you" Sfx: dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun dun "AMOGUS"

[@angrytedtalks]

"I like money..." - _Mr Krabbs_ Not enough money makes me crabby...

[@IDontBuyIt50]

ted talks, the thumbnail and quotes from Spongebob........what an unexpected combination.

[@mechasentai]

Crab people: we are the pinnacle of evolution.

[@masonmaldonado5318]

CRAB PEOPLE CRABBB PEOPLE

[@pterodactylpie8825]

Crabs are definitely the pinnacle of deliciousness.

[@ring-tailedwhatever5870]

one could say we'd be the... *pincer*-acle of evolution

[@starz879]

spycrab

[@danieldanielson6900]

Dr. Zoidberg approves this message

[@Alex-ep9yx]

Every animal: this isn't even my final form *Evolves into crab

[@TheAngryHippie]

LOL

[@VulpeculaJoy]

Imagine pokemon, but every pokemon's final evolution is a crab.

[@Mr.Lubbox-Lobsterlegz1]

Then they get eaten by Frieza’s final form

[@forastero54321]

Are you feeling now Mr. Crabs?

[@mitchell4745]

My man has been working out and he’s showing it👏🏼💪🏻

[@rustyshackelford312]

"Everything becomes crab." - Arin Hanson.

[@MelonSeedOfficial]

"Why do things keep evolving into crabs?" *Are you telling me that the armoured sea spider with claws is not an optimal build?*

[@3Rayfire]

Not enough DPS for some.

[@alittlekittycat7472]

It's an okay build, but too overused

[@Kromosios]

@@alittlekittycat7472 Yeah. Sea-jelly is so OP. How come everything didn't evolve into those.

[@alittlekittycat7472]

@@Kromosios they probably want to choose the big cool land builds like bears or lions, and ignore the ones that they think are "weak" like insects or fish

[@berserker3414]

Well, spiders have been on earth for millions of years, so... pretty much

[@kosinparuchabutr4007]

I REJECT MY HUMANITY, JOJO! **proceeds to transform into a crab**

[@X3MCTZN]

Crio CrustaceanDo and his stand ZA CRABBO !!!

[@danhoquang368]

YEETS THE CRAB IN THE INCINERATOR

[@du_nut_tuch_me4230]

JoJo reference

[@nooneinparticular5256]

Reject humanity. Return to creb.

[@runtergerutscht4401]

Don't forgrt crabuyasu crustymura and his stand ZE CLAW

[@maddiedenike8802]

no more gatekeeping crabness. all crab shaped crustaceans are true crabs in my heart

[@ct_tropical1451]

You forgot to mention that your heart was crab shaped

[@Steamj2]

Its all fun and games until a crab starts jumping into people's heads