Why Don’t They Eat Millions of Coconut Crabs in Japan?

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[@downbntout]

Title question starts at 7:40

[@ShoutsWillEcho1]

U the real MVP

[@gd.ritter]

you the real hero

[@vrsimulo1234]

Bless you

[@mchale1014]

Thx he just kept going on

[@pbrown0829]

Hero

[@pomztoybox6877]

Was stationed in Guam for 4 years. Those crabs were all over the place AND the only critter that was a protected species. Everything you pulled from the ocean and pretty much any land animal (feral hogs) were fair game with coconut crab being the only exception.

[@rickskeptical]

I was also stationed there but they allowed hunting the crabs at the time. Ate some at a local celebration. Was very very tasty.

[@jesarablack1661]

Not sure if the regulations have changed over the years, though I'm sure they have had some changes over decades. "On Guam, coconut crabs must have a carapace of at least three inches wide to be eaten and at least four inches wide to be legally sold."

[@patrickchilds9620]

as it should be.

[@ytr3488]

​@@rickskepticalof course they did pomboy is just making up a story

[@hxee5545]

@@ytr3488 I remember seeing a doc about their migration, I dt remember where (seems to b Xmas Island), but they were literally covering roads & people had no choice than roll all over them with their cars...

[@ChamorroWay670]

Coconut crab is considered a delicacy in my home town. It is really delicious and you have to let it eat coconut 4-7 days before cooking it

[@vilefly]

Crustaceans.....they are what they eat.

[@andrewbyronloveshire5209]

sorry this is not true = the body/tail flesh is nice-ish... but the claws n head taste awful. Stick to turtle and trumpeter and enjoy the Sth Pacific diet

[@ronhenry2025]

​@@andrewbyronloveshire5209That's why you control it's diet for a few days. Only God knows what it's been eating, since it's basically a armored vulture and could have eaten some really rotten stuff 🤮

[@Garvin285]

@@andrewbyronloveshire5209 It depends solely on the diet

[@jeffyoung60]

One KZbin video claims that coconut crabs are inedible because some of the things they eat are toxic and this passes to their flesh. I guess it's not true.

[@kingofkings9]

Nobody refuse to eat them, there just aren’t enough of them. They’re endangered and if allowed to eat them they will go extinct because they’re easy to catch since they’re so slow.

[@bichettmeeh2578]

What you mean? A lot of islanders eat them. And no they’re not endangered. And yes we do eat then and they don’t taste like other crabs.

[@kingofkings9]

@@bichettmeeh2578 why don’t you Google if coconut crabs are endangered. They’re disappearing one island at a time. They’re not extinct if that’s what you mean but they’re endangered.

[@bichettmeeh2578]

@@kingofkings9 tell that to the island I’m at.

[@meat3958]

@@bichettmeeh2578 Just because you guys eat them doesn’t mean they’re not endangered, HOWEVER; Indigenous peoples tend to be the only people aside from actual wildlife researchers that practice or try to go out of their way to practice sustainability in hunting, the crabs have been a food source for island people for decades upon decades, if they’re eaten responsibly, I don’t see any reason why indigenous islanders can’t enjoy the crabs, the problem comes from tourists coming to the islands to eat the crabs themselves; Hundreds of tourists flying out to have a big crab feast is.. Not optimistic for the species, some locals enjoying the crab they’ve been eating for like ever now though? Totally fine lol

[@justmeowth9697]

They are the Dodo of crabs.

[@tashastarling6573]

Imagine a survival game where you're stuck on an abandoned island and you just constantly fight crabs.

[@Vorylenus]

Sounds like the game Stranded.

[@Fire-Manz]

Yeah, Crabs that has guns in each claw!

[@onba7726]

@@Fire-Manz No, that's too unrealistic. Give it two knives instead!

[@pepito69]

​@@onba7726guns with knifes on the end

[@nojuanatall3281]

So that skyrim mod. "YOU F***ED UP!"

[@eurosonly]

I'm just glad these guys are slow as hell. Can you imagine one of these chasing after you at 35mph as it clicks it's claws and going "You'll never get away with me secret krabby-patty formuler!"

[@skoonthatraccoonskunkguy3865]

Soylent formula is PEOPLE? It's LAND PEOPLE!?

[@clintparsons3989]

Ack ack ack ack ack

[@StrongBarnes90]

I read it in the voice and everything lmaooo

[@JasnoGT]

🦀🤣

[@godless-clump-of-cells]

It wouldn't go in their favor, that's for sure.

[@willmad3121]

Get farmers to raise them like chickens and sell them rotisseried at Costco! I want one for lunch. I like their hot dogs but would enjoy variety

[@jesarablack1661]

Biggest issue with that is that they grow very slowly, it takes a male crab about 10 years to grow to the size they are normally eaten at, and a female crab over 20 to reach that same size. They do lay tens to hundreds of thousands of eggs at a time (depending on size and age), but the cost of feeding them for 10 years, and needing pools for the aquatic larvae and semi-aquatic post-larvae for their first month and then year, would still be hefty.

[@jeremiahjohnson1972]

@@jesarablack1661 Two words: Crab Steroids

[@-_.._._--_.-.-_-_-_-...-.-]

​@@jeremiahjohnson19723 words: 1 Crab 2 Growth 3 Hormone

[@USA79999]

Sinner

[@BigTrees4ever]

@@jesarablack1661nah you would just use an aquaponics system for growing the coconuts, and their waste would feed the plants. Someone with an engineering degree can take that idea to the next level because it’s scalable fr. Or build a man made island like China did, just farm them on the whole island

[@JoshuaMwapeChileshe]

Coconut crabs steal knives bruh Imagine waking up one morning and you see a Coconut crab outside your home wielding a Katana💀💀

[@patriciarowe6685]

😂😂😂😂 WIN

[@keeper6458]

😂😂😂

[@crockodile2835]

6 katanas

[@SoloEcho]

We need a coconut crab ninja

[@kongoudessu007]

Peace was never an option~

[@jadibdraws]

I'd imagine it should taste good since it likes eating coconut

[@Rizzal6a6y]

They eat everything

[@ellenrittgers990]

It’s a crab. They’re not picky eaters.

[@kenmoncrief9903]

Can you imagine if everything we eat tasted like what it ate?🤮

[@WolfBlade13179]

I’d imagine the Pineapple-Crab would be preferred, if human experience is to be trusted…

[@clowngod_hk]

⁠@@kenmoncrief9903obviously this is not true. Will the taste of steaks like grasses?

[@geraldskitv6051]

I am a Filipino and I am staying here for work in a remote area of Papua New Guinea. We ate them here and These crabs are tasty!

[@luvr381]

"Why don't people eat them?" "People eat them..."

[@nild1587]

It eats people how people want to eat them

[@mrmann7045]

That raccoon ran away like an 80s cartoon villain 😂

[@RendaJane]

That was too funny!

[@rimay.pratama1743]

where?

[@javerosales2072]

It’s also how OJ Simpson walks.

[@incineroar9933]

Can we really call hunting land crabs fishing? I mean they aren't exactly in the water.

[@metal_pipe9764]

They aren't fish either

[@americanfortruth]

I heard they live on only one island, this is disturbing. Fish, hunt we better get at it.

[@sploonz]

OK how about we just classify fishing as a type of hunting

[@metal_pipe9764]

@@americanfortruth how is that disturbing?

[@rosemarietolentino3218]

Call it what ever you want these days.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

when i become Bond villain rich, my island fortress is going to be patrolled giant genetically mutated coconut crabs.. fair warning.......

[@santosh911]

On Trinidad's eastern mangrove coast, annua "crab runs" were an annual event with crabs running across the coastal road like a moving carpet! An amazing sight.

[@CharlesReece-nr2wr]

We have the same with frogs in Canada it is a horrible thing to see them on the road squished.

[@shinjihirako4773]

I once thought that coconut crabs is the final evolve form of hermit crabs 😂😂😂

[@arthurbachmann4221]

DNA expression...

[@kbullbambam7660]

I watched a video the other day that said that coconut crabs were adult hermit crabs. At this point I'm thinking that there is no truth on KZbin 😂

[@KoalaCakes]

It's because it is a hermit crab grown large.

[@vincentsablan732]

As a man of Micronesian descent, we DO eat them. They're a delicacy. Yummy...😊😊😊

[@longhairdontcare122]

Do they taste like coconut? Downed air plan pilot?

[@vincentsablan732]

@@longhairdontcare122 How'd you KNOW?!?👍 Actually, along with sea turtle, we consider it nature's Viagra--the islander way.

[@wxlurker]

Could you describe how they taste like? Is it just a regular crab taste or do they differ?

[@vincentsablan732]

@@wxlurker The main preparation that I've tried is with coconut milk, "pumpkin" tips and sometimes taro. It does taste like coconut, due to this preparation. I've never tried it with drawn butter, where it's steamed/boiled in water. It's RICH, though. The texture is closer to Dungeness Crab than King Crab, or lobster. It's kinda hard to describe the actual "taste". Hope that helps...

[@SteveSmith-os5bs]

When I was in Saipan we ate them, they tasted like regular crab.

[@mud7877]

Imagine being a bird, capable of flight, Being domed by 9lb crab.

[@__-pl3jg]

If they weren't so delicious this would be terrifying.

[@heyidiot]

I was stationed on Diego Garcia, in the middle of the Indian ocean, in the late 70s. These crabs are as big as dogs, and they were _everywhere._ Big and dumb. When you'd walk down the beach, any crab in the surf would hear you coming. They start crawling back towards the jungle. But invariably they would get as far as one's own intended route, at which point the stupid creatures would halt and turn towards you with pinchers raised in that "I challenge you to a DUEL!" pose. So you'd need to walk around them. If there happened to be a bunch of them, it would really ruin your walk. We were not allowed to kick them across the beach; they were protected even then, along with the feral donkeys and chickens that lived there too.

[@exus2sky]

Go on.... Tell me more of this...

[@scootermom1791]

That sounds like something out of a nightmare. I can't imagine walking into a beach full of giant crabs. Ugh!

[@undershade1834]

I like how he called it "over-fishing" when they're land animals

[@richardlong8736]

I like how he said ENDANGERED after first saying "vulnerable" Not nearly the same thing more typical liberal spin / virtue signaling bs.

[@Cookie-ri9pz]

I caught that, too.

[@Nmethyltransferase]

Environmental problem: *exists* WATOP Narrator: It's free -real- -estate- food

[@birage9885]

My first time in Jamaica, we were driving back from a club at night. Suddenly, it sounded like we were driving over potato chips, then when we stopped to look, there were thousands of these on the road. I felt bad about it, but there was no way to miss them, they covered the roads.

[@kevinkelleher8708]

@birage9885 not coconut in Jamaica? something other than dem maybe? Jah Mon!🇯🇲

[@mickadams1905]

That happens here in the Northern states of Australia. Except instead of crabs it's Cane Toads. They make a "POP" noise instead of a crunch.

[@morticiaaddams7866]

​@@mickadams1905Yeah, well. It's Cane Toads. You won't hear me crying for them.

[@xclusively_meh6631]

It’s called the great migration, it’s typically normal and happens with many animals, birds, snakes in Canada, crabs, toads, turtles, even with deer in Alabama I’ve noticed it. It’s usually hundreds of these animals migrating to other areas for food, warmth, or watered environments.

[@rainman9626]

In Indonesia we called coconut crab as Umang, and we have Umang island that many of it's live there, and you can stayed at that island and you can enjoy that umang as a dish.

[@ShayButter91]

Crabs with knives sounds like a badass rock band or something

[@Jasonmakesvideo]

Imagine wearing flip flops and walking through the crab deluge Cajones of steel

[@sasshiro]

Boxes of steel?

[@Yerinjibbang]

xDDDD

[@godless-clump-of-cells]

Perhaps it's best to not leave things dangling around those evolutionarily engineered death claws.

[@TheSharronW]

Yes I saw that too!!!

[@americanfortruth]

I don't think so, see how they always got their tail tucked under them for protection, maybe the lady crabs are twice as mean?

[@missbrel]

Numerous in the Pacific Islands. It's an island delicacy. Love from Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands 🇲🇵

[@youcantata]

We Koreans love eating crabs. We have native red crab species in our waters. The blue crab that invaded Mediterranean Sea and Italian or Tunisian waters also invaded in Korean waters recently, too. But Koreans come to love eating the blue crabs. Korea imports most of the blue crabs from the Tunisian fishermen and crab factories. Now we start importing blue crabs from Itay, too. Please, export all the blue crabs you can catch to Korea, we love them all and will eat'em all.

[@azynkron]

This is why I live in Northern Europe. The worst animals we have are ants and mosquitos. And they are just annoying.

[@iamaghost125]

😂😂

[@magnuskallas]

Depends... Ticks are actually rather dangerous here and there :)

[@lisabaltzer4190]

Mosquitos kill more people each year than any other animal. Mosquitos are the most deadly animal in the world.

[@CountingStars333]

Yall killed most of the bears and wolves so I guess there's that.

[@Earthstar_Review]

Nobody wants to talk about the frost giants.

[@kevinmckay4150]

I liked the bridge they made for the little dudes to travel on. And the coconut crabs are terrifying.

[@mickadams1905]

There's something seriously cute about crabs having their own bridge. I hope they appreciate the efforts humans go to to protect them from the dangers that humans created in the first place.

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

Imagine a fight with a Mantis Shrimp 🦐 vs a coconut 🥥 crab 🦀 Thanks for the interesting video!👍

[@waterzoip]

the first lives deep under water and never gets out of it the 2nd can't live in water so uh... never gonna happen (I say the mantis shrimp would win ez pz tho :P)

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

@@waterzoip some pet stores sell Mantis shrimp, it was in a 4 foot deep tank. They can smash aquarium glass if they get triggered.

[@cruzmakaveli9891]

We live with these crabs everyday and they are DELICIOUS !

[@ahha6304]

Why Don’t They Eat Millions of Coconut Crabs in Japan? Thailand : we ate it until it has been registered as endangered species

[@redneckhippiefreak]

We eat so many Blue Crabs in NC that they are over fished and catch limits are ever decreasing. I find it odd that the Italians haven't incorporated them into their diet yet. My Sicilian family here loves them..

[@rosemarietolentino3218]

There is not enough meat in them to order them over other crabs with way more meat. I’m not into eating the shell it doesn’t improve the taste at all.

[@redneckhippiefreak]

@@rosemarietolentino3218 LOL just eat two..they must be cheap if they are invasive. I get it though. folks can be hard headed. Much like loin fish over here...its nearly free but people cant get past the "Its poisonous'' thing so, we just toss them on the bank to die. .

[@phughesphoto]

Oh baby! Ain’t no seafood like the Carolina coast seafood! (North & South Carolina) ❤

[@redneckhippiefreak]

@@phughesphoto Hello from Wilmington.

[@denen404]

gramps go shrimping off the coast there every year and never comes home with out a TON@@phughesphoto

[@chucksolutions4579]

Spent some time in the pacific, every island that I visited that had them, ate them. People often kept them like pigs eating their scraps and then eating them when that got big enough. I also heard that the really big ones were some sort of spirit that could lure you to your death.

[@richardpatton2502]

The crab that identifies as a spider 😂 All the best to everyone

[@ontime7482]

I ate 17 clusters of crab’s yesterday, man I’m full.

[@shinjihirako4773]

Yum

[@zayhayes1895]

Your lying

[@nehehehgraylois]

@@zayhayes1895 his lying?

[@rzella8022]

@@zayhayes1895 I think so too. Wait, seems a "cluster" is somewhat prepared, so maybe he spent all day cracking and eating.

[@sandgrownun66]

@@zayhayes1895 You're

[@simeonmaximofernandez3364]

We eat them in the philippines cooked with coconut milk also called "gata".

[@nimblehuman]

Ang sarap! 🥥🦀

[@acgray1972]

Well stop please because species is vulnerable..... 🤦 Facing extinction.

[@acgray1972]

Eat another kind

[@christianromero6604]

When the ants dropped the rock on the crab, that _Doonk_ sound had me rollin....😅🪨 🦀 💤😂😂😂

[@countrygirl432]

My late Okinawan mom told me that back in the day, Okinawa did exile criminals and mentally ill to the Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands. When Okinawa mainlanders find out that the person's family was from Miyako jima for generations, someone was probably from a criminal or mentally ill background. There's also another small island where ppl who had leprosy were exiled to.

[@k.b.392]

"The first leprosy patients are sent into forced quarantine at Kalawao on Moloka'i. About 3,000 more follow over the next 18 years. How the disease originates and spreads was a mystery, so authorities turn to isolation as the best attempt to treat it." Leprosy (Mycobacterium leprae) can be cured with the same meds used for TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).

[@guineanord]

If you steam the blue crabs like they do in Maryland they're seriously good, don't boil them like they do in North Carolina and Texas.

[@TheSharronW]

BLUE swimmer Crabs are a delish species

[@swimmingmide]

The real trick is to make a spicy thin marinara sauce(I have heard it called a Diablo sauce) and boil the crabs in that. It is a Long Island thing from what I can tell.

[@hog7203]

They are good boiled if you know what you're doing. In their soft shell stage they are really tasty in a sandwich, if you batter and fry them. Soft shell crab is really popular in N.C.

[@guineanord]

@@hog7203 oh yeah, put some old bay in the batter with other things and soft crab sandwiches are awesome

[@espurrseyes42]

Steamed Crabs?

[@Philfluffer]

I am also amused at the crabs that take up their defensive pose at cars, it’s so cute!

[@rgarid62]

In my Island they are called"Ayuyu" they are still abundant and are a popular dish for many locals in Guam.

[@infidelkufar]

I've had coconut crab and it's very tasty. It's different from regular crabs, it's naturally sweet, succulent, and similar to Dungeness crabs. However, that's about the difference. Its good to try it once but my favorite is still large Maryland Blue crabs or Alaskan King crabs (with the body not just the legs).

[@Chompchompyerded]

I was once killed and eaten by a coconut crab. Another time, I ate the crab while it ate me. There was more of me, so I won that round... minus my legs of course.

[@Empty_Bottle]

What the hell?

[@sarahharrison8520]

Lmfao 😂

[@paolopasaol9700]

What kind of kinky gorn is this? 😂

[@emptyemptiness8372]

Possibly my favorite comment ever.

[@DontLookBehindYou1]

I think you did an interview on the news... I saw it with my own ears

[@michahtaylor1182]

Damn, Red Crabs carry's tungsten in their exoskeleton is something to think about. Pure tungsten has the toughest heat resistance of any metal alloy ore on earth and carry's a high potency of magnesium and Red Crabs can store these properties in it's shell/system is quite interesting

[@Puddlewiggle]

What does that even mean "Pure tungsten has the toughest heat resistance of any metal alloy ore on earth and carry's a high potency of magnesium." All those words are contradictory. Pure, alloy, ore, magnesium.

[@ForeignSpices]

Do you all have any game design skills, we can make this game easily in UE4/5.

[@ironhell813]

I think you got the wrong thread, and Iam a designer.

[@michahtaylor1182]

@@Puddlewiggle Pure in this case means it has no impurities

[@mimimills2524]

@michataylor1182 yet it has magnesium and is an alloy

[@tutorialsintwi]

This is what the producers of horror movies need 😅

[@splatninja9447]

Blue crab, natures meals on wheels, so efficient they deliver themselves.

[@paulscarth6949]

You could make a film Like Jaws but call It Claws, epic stuff.

[@janaleland9038]

And you could make the film at Christmas Island, as it was used for Atomic Bomb testing, in the 1950s. Maybe they are still irradiated.

[@aidenayers2486]

New fear unlocked: Coconut crab:

[@michaelroberts1120]

The skull and bones found on Gardner Island had been lost for a long time but were recently found again; it seems that the coconut crabs had completely eaten away the front portion of the skull to get at the brain and that, compounded with the fact that the crabs had cracked open the bones and consumed all the DNA containing soft tissue made a positive identification of the remains as Amelia Earhart next to impossible.

[@deathpunch23]

Was there anything nearby the body, like an airplane?

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

@@deathpunch23Supposedly they found a tin of freckle cream, the same brand that she used.

[@adamroo99]

Fake news

[@_RasputinReborn_]

​@@gloriamontgomery6900they also found a shoe and a box for a navigation device similar to the one used by her copilot

[@jaimekub]

In Japan, whereas it is not so common, you can eat Coconut Crabs in Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. As you may know, yes, just Coconut Crabs lived in Ishigaki Island. It is like blow fish, carefully removed from poison area. If you are interesting in, you can go there and try it!

[@loisdaniels6778]

Where’s the poisonous area?

[@TheAdarkerglow]

@@loisdaniels6778 It's not a part of the coconut crab, it's related to diet; they enjoy the Sea-Mango, which is toxic to humans, and the chemicals permeate the meat. So it's more about catching and feeding them coconuts and other human-tolerated fruits to culture a more appealing flavor and clean them out.

[@loisdaniels6778]

@@TheAdarkerglow thank you🥰

[@teatonaz]

@@TheAdarkerglow Another commenter said you need to feed them Coconut for 7 days to make them taste good. Would doing so also rid them of the toxicity of the Sea-Mango, so that you could safely eat them? ( also any way to tell the toxic ones by sight ? ). Thx

[@RobEcu123]

Lived there, never found them appetizing😊😅

[@hog7203]

I've heard that in Texas when you use a public restroom, you have to stand on the toilet seat because Texas crabs can jump three feet.😆

[@kgm_gmoney0482]

10:13 you see a horror movie, where I’m from 🇧🇸or in the Caribbean we see food and etc 😂😂😂

[@josephhaas7636]

I spent a week and a half in St Crois staying at a motel called the Buccaneer. A trail that was around 200 feet from the hotel had many of these crabs and their burrows. People had fed them all kinds of crazy leftovers ,noodles ,fries, pancakes, and I saw one eating a part of a California style cheeseburger. It was truly bizarre.

[@richardlew3667]

I met a WWII vet from the Pacific Theater who wouldn't go near crabs and coconuts after the war.

[@pakde8002]

Blue crabs are regulated in the Eastern USA and there's a substantial industry built up around them. Softshell crabs are a delicacy.

[@bengrauartwork]

I wonder if chef Guga can make a few dishes out of them. It would be an interesting video.

[@williamcozart8158]

he'd dry age and then sous vide it

[@bleepbloop7039]

if you think it looks bad right now... watch this.. queue generic rock and roll music

[@williamcozart8158]

@@bleepbloop7039 "let's do ett"

[@princessdaisy5321]

In Tahiti they covered the roads and we were on bicycles. Very scary and big

[@susanmartin3762]

I was surprised to hear these crabs aren't popular in Japan. Seeing they're at these people can be traced beck to the root of practically every endangered species that live in or around the ocean! These crabs are lucky.

[@zanalander]

This ain't a crustacean, This is a CRUSHstacean.

[@luthachauncey8117]

A crab with a SHANK is mind blowing!

[@USNVA11]

Come at me brah ! 🦀🔪

[@geridinewhite869]

Lol ! Locked up lately ?😂

[@michaeltaylors2456]

They are spooky as hell, ran into one in the dark on a beach on Guam.

[@derekdowns6275]

Grateful that there's no such shortage of coconut shrimp. ;)

[@mattsheezy5469]

I’m so amazed by the diversity of life here on Earth… imagine what else is out there in the Universe, likely every kind of animal imaginable.

[@DwayneETowns]

1:33😬damn!! that hook on that crab looks lethal.

[@twk8520]

I know from living in Maine the bigger and older the Lobster the tougher the meat usually is. Some big Crabs Could be like eating rawhide.

[@MaryOKC]

I’ve seen these in Tahiti .. My first and last experience seeing these…once I figured out what it was coming out as it was starting to get dark I sat in a lawn chair and waited in the dark and there they came! It was amazing…they were more afraid of me than I of them…

[@minecraftperson8412]

4:56 **insert Prowler theme**

[@comradedog6171]

As a former coconut crab myself I can say that you humans do taste like chicken

[@Luna-pg6xd]

As a former coconut crab I agree and disagree, adults tasted like pork but children tasted like chicken

[@DeVill3007]

I feel physically sick looking at these crabs.

[@hanovergreen4091]

The Crab is natures darliing. It has been selected over and over through time. Or rather it's bioform has successfully evolved numerous times. The future belongs to the crabs. Next Week on "Crabs in Spaaaaace".

[@mr.m.t.j.m6003]

All I can say is, “DAMN YOU MISTER CRABS!!!”😂😂😂😂

[@tlh0121]

Being from Baltimore, it’s safe to say you haven’t experienced the true greatness of crabs until you’ve had Maryland blue crabs done the Maryland way.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

I’ve heard of them. I’ve only had Alaskan king crab and fresh Dungeness crab from the bay near me. Also, what’s the Maryland way of doing crab?

[@lisamcd6254]

Huh! My Dad used to say that Maryland crabs are just New Jersey crabs who have gone on vacation! NJ blue claws are where it's at!

[@philmeanor2638]

I’m from PA, USA & used to steam crabs at a restaurant. We used Old Bay seasoning at steam for perfect crabs. The live crabs went into ice water bath first - ‘so they kept their claws on when steamed’. Good times. Best ‘benefits’ ever because they fed us & their crab soup was incredible.

[@lorettaross2007]

There's that slurp! Love it! Great information! Thank you for sharing! Catch you next time !

[@junior5389]

I try them once. Taste a little sweet from the coconut they eat. It's delicious. Wish I could have some again

[@phothewin6019]

Never thought I'd watch a documentary about Coconut Crabs narrated by Seth Rogen.

[@Nmethyltransferase]

"Why Don’t They Eat Millions of Coconut Crabs in Japan?"

[@nunyabitnezz2802]

Blue Crabs are delicious, and Italy should be thankful they have a new delicacy.

[@Firstplacejupiter]

Take a shot every time he says "coconut crab"

[@andarielnorada9958]

Thumbnail looks like giant ticks though😅 i was shocked seeing it since that's not how coconut crabs look😂😂

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

So, if they can't swim, how did they propogate into all those thousands of isolated islands? By floating on coconuts across the ocean? During the ice age?

[@Allexstrasza]

The video also claims they are protected because of overfishing, so who knows?

[@WhatIfTheories]

If Coconut crabs evolved to live in water. Might be the end of us all. They could feast, get big and become super predators. No more shark warning at the beach. Imagine getting pulled under by a giant pincher grabbing your leg.

[@johnpatz8395]

But just imagine the size of the crab legs you could get from them. 😀

[@hotfarts6731]

Grew up in the Pacific Islands. Used to eat them in the 70s when I was a young boy...until my Dad saw one munching on a dead dog. We haven't eaten one since. Lol

[@oliviertwist4955]

How can you overfish coconut crabs if they don't swim? That is the question.

[@JenniferPChung]

I love your editing. It's informative and hilarious which keeps me focused. So thank you!

[@HogMan2022]

Great video! 🙋👍 My dad served in the south pacific during WWII. He used to tell stories of the coconut crab cutting biscuits from a shovel handle. He said that you had better check your foxhole before or soon after jumping into it. 😲🦀

[@kayvee5286]

“Why don’t people eat them?” Immediately follows up with “people do eat them”… then say they’re being over fished but they can’t live in the water…

[@extraterrestrial7424]

Congratulations for making a 20 minute video about something as simple as a coconut crab :D

[@patgettys8452]

They're not simple at all. If you watched all of this, how much of it did you know? Unless you live where they do.

[@sandgrownun66]

Those photoshopped images of the crab catching animals are ridiculous.

[@russelbrown6275]

There was a crab problem at GTMO when I was there in’94.

[@woodstoney]

In Maryland, the blue crab is one of our favorite foods. They are steamed (not boiled) in a mixture of beer and vinegar for about 9-10 minutes and dusted with a dry collection of spices called Old Bay or J.O. or perhaps a few others. Cracked open and the soft white meat is enjoyed by young and old alike, especially with a cold beer and some friends! That makes for a good weekend!!

[@mattnj8080]

I steam them the same way in NJ with J.O.. I also like to cook half the claws I remove in beer such as Budweiser before placing in the frig for a few hours to cool off. Next time you make them, get 40 of Budweiser, take some claws off, and try boiling them. You can add some J.O. to the beer when you're boiling or sprinkle some over the claws when you remove. Just remember to throw in the frig for an hour or so.

[@xeykdeyk]

what is this an advert or something? wierd

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Mmmmmm. Now I want crab! Here in the Pacific Northwest we have Dungeness crab . I like to buy it right off the docks by the bay. I noticed last season that leftover crab meat freezes really well.

[@katebarton7134]

In Palau they are on the restaurant menu but the cost is upper of $200

[@viosavvy]

Imagine waking up and seeing one of these climbing up your wall. Nightmare fuel!

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

I’m not a female, like Emelia Heirhart, but my groin feels like it’s being “picked apart by coconut crabs.”

[@uyfj9312]

Just so everybody knows coconut crabs will intentionally swarm you and eat you stay away from their spawning grounds

[@grolandstack8321]

Warning! If you listen to this with pods, at approx 3:29 you may think someone is hastily banging on your door..

[@kyrianonwe9565]

"You might wonder why coconut crabs are listed as 'vulnerable' if people don't eat them. The answer... people eat them still ..." 🤣🤣🤣. I was thinking 'I would eat them, still cuz they look delicious' So proud to be people 🤗

[@magnuskallas]

But, it was later noted that imported alien red ant species poison their eyes and eat them in millions...

[@stefthorman8548]

Lmao, classic, eating things to extintion

[@paulmartin2499]

Coconut Crab that eat mostly coconuts are known for their tender deliciousness to be very sweet and delicate. Each crab yields an average of roughly 9 pounds of premium crabmeat - and one can only imagine how many Crab cakes that comes to. I can imagine how questionable their diets might be, however, because they're the only ones on the beach who can crack open a human skull and feast upon its contents... - That's a hard pass on Mad Cow Disease from me, thank you...

[@YaakovEzraAmiChi]

Maybe can raise a few and just make sure to feed them coconuts and fruits so they’re sweet lol idk I wouldn’t cause I’m Jewish and don’t eat shellfish but I wouldn’t judge. Surely would if nothing else around lol

[@funfungerman8401]

are jews allowed to eat scampies? like the small little ones, when they so youre young they dont have any shells, or is the ban just generally on the species of all shell-fish, even if it would be a breed that has no shell at all - dunno if its possibly but just theoriticaly @@YaakovEzraAmiChi

[@jb5546]

What the hell do mad cow prions have to do with crabs eating humans? Or us eating them? So confused right now...

[@paulmartin2499]

Maybe I can help... CJD (The Human form of Mad Cow disease) can be propagated when human brains from human to human by harvesting human brains and reintroducing them back into the human food supply over & over again. Since Coconut Crabs possess the ability to crack open human skulls and feasting upon their contents over and over - the possibilty exists for CJD to be spawned and then introduced back into the crab food supply and the human food supply as well... @@jb5546

[@Blackpill149]

Meat eating coconut crabs dont taste bad.They just have more gammier taste.But people who eat them said their meat always taste delicious

[@dwarfbunni]

imagine bringing a hermit crab home and it grows into this

[@jedder]

"One standout feature is" THEY'RE FREAKING HUGE. XD

[@binsarmm]

Not really sure if the map where they live is accurate. I remembered that as I child, I encountered them several times while going fishing with my father. I live in West Borneo, Indonesia. So...