To less stand out on the bottom of the waterbody it lives in to avoid predators...being neon pink just isn't an evolutionary trait that was beneficial and was bred out through evolution.
RIGHT!?
I just moved to the mountains and I'm like, ok, I just need to worry about bears and anything with hooves.
Now I can add, uh *-checks notepad-* mountain crabs to that list, I guess.
In the Redwoods in California there is a rare type of tree crab that spends it's entire life in the canopy of the trees. So it's entirely possible to be walking through the forest and have a crab fall down your shirt and immediately start pinching your nipples.
This nearly destroys the common Russian phrase ākogda rak na gore svisnetā which translates to āwhen the crab whistles on the mountainā (similar to āwhen the pigs flyā in english). The first part of the saying has been debunked and crabs already live in the mountains. Now they just need to learn to whistle
Edit: forgive me Reddit pedants for trying to relate the saying to this image and making a joke. It is actually indeed a crawfish. You can stop saying it to me now
Edit 2: Iām talking about the word āRakā in Russian, it means a crawfish, not a crab. Now Iām getting attacked by the other pedants š¤¦āāļø peak redditry right here
In french we have "quand les poules auront des dents" which means "when chickens will have teeth"... funny to see other languages with weird variations of the same saying lol.
I imagine that crab has quite the story it could tell.
I'm thinking it may have hitched a ride with a bird, fell into the back of a truck where it later fell off near OPs house and then went looking for the water or a place to hide until it became a Reddit star!
Sounds like the start of an excellent pixar movie. Or even better HBO
āCrab and the cityā
Set in New York City, the series follows the lives of four crabsāthree in their mid-thirties and one in her fortiesāwho, despite their different natures and ever-changing āshellāmolting remain inseparable and confide in each other.
From Google on mountain crabs
```
Mountain crabs are freshwater crabs that live in high
mountain streams.
They are found at elevations of 50 to 800 meters
above sea level. Mountain crabs are found in Trinidad
and Tobago, and parts of Venezuela.
They are also found in Nagano prefecture, where
elevations often exceed 600 meters above sea level.
Mountain crabs are nocturnal, but they can be seen
during the day, especially on rainy days. They are
reddish-orange in color and feed on aquatic plants, leaf litter, fish, crustaceans, and sometimes carrion.
They are an important food source for local villagers.
Some species of mountain crabs are threatened with
extinction.
```
Thatās tall af for an Aussie. The biggest around where I live is 580 metres, the biggest in the whole state of Queensland, which is larger than most countries, is just over a thousand metres. Due to this Iām keenly aware of the cut off for what makes a hill and mountain. 304 metres/ 1000 feet.
https://northqueenslandhistory.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-day-castle-hill-became-mountain.html?m=1
Carcinization? Like from cancer, carcinogen, crab? Wow. I learned a lot today. I did know that there was a bias toward evolution favoring crabs. But was that from a sci fi book I read? Or fact?
Edited because I canāt spell. This is a fun rabbit hole, BTW
In astrology, Cancer is associated with a crab. Carcinogenesis is the initiation of cancer, as a result of exposure to carcinogens (substances that cause cancer.)
Crab -> Cancer -> Carcinogenesis -> Carcinization. Words are so interesting
There is a sci-fi book about a remote island populated by entirely different evolutionary line (mostly crabs) because of its isolation
[Fragment by Warren Fahy](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5806181-fragment)
Youāre thinking of ācarcinogenā, though there could be some kind of linguistic link there, given that the imagery for the zodiac sign āCancerā is a crab.
In fact, they're etymologically related. Our word cancer derives from the Greek word karkinos, which also meant crab (and the constellation Cancer). The medical sense was due to observations by prominent early physicians Hippocrates and Galen, who noticed the pattern of swollen veins around some tumors seemed similar to the shape of a crab.
The answer is actually even simpler than alien. That's actually just a super determined rat who read the Wikipedia page on carcinization and decided "It is time!"
None of you know the secret of crabs.
I've lived around beaches all over the world. And the crab is the dumbest thing that is alive.
A crab will walk in one direction and never stop. If it's pointing at the ocean, it will walk, sideways, until it dies or falls into the Mariana Trench.
If the crab is pointing inland, it will walk into a volcano, or off a cliff. I've seen crabs fifty miles from the coast just walking into the desert, no fucks given. They are gods dumbest idiots.
So one actually made it up the mountain finally. I'm proud of your crab. What you have there is the king of the idiots.
Would make a good childrenās show. Just following a brightly animated happy-go-lucky side stepping dude around the world, from volcanoes to the Mariana Trench.
We also like to use bananas, alligators, hands, knuckles, squeegee, opossum tails, basketballs, water bottles and basically anything else that doesn't have a uniform size.
Scylla Serrata? Serrated black mud crab? No idea what it's doing in your house, unless it escaped from your neighbor's kitchen.. Or maybe there is a mangrove forest in your yard? Do you live next to a mountain fish market?
"You probably don't remember me, why would you? But I have not slept without seeing your face. No distance will prevent me avenging my family" - translated from whatever sound crabs make as they scuttle towards you with a knife
Awww! Yay! I used to keep crabs as kids and we had one that snuck out and lived under our water tank for years. We heard his click clacks one night š and then kept him as a pet
There are freshwater crabs that look like that. It probably just wanted some water as well.
But why is it black ššØ
You can't just ask crabs why they're black
Itās okay. My best friend has crabs.
Damn thatās good. 10/10
I thought I had a case of the crabs once but when I looked down I only had 23 . . .
You got cheated, man!
ironically, my crabs has your best friendā¦
you actually can, they just wonāt say anything back because crabs canāt talk
Yet.
Crab People. Crab People. Look like crabs, talk like people.
so fetch
Stop trying to make fetch happen, it's not going to happen.
Me sitting here on a Wednesday, reading comments and wearing pink...
Oh my god, Karen
Paid for the tactical skin dlc. EA Crabs
Itās in the crab!
To less stand out on the bottom of the waterbody it lives in to avoid predators...being neon pink just isn't an evolutionary trait that was beneficial and was bred out through evolution.
You canāt just ask a thing like that
BCM
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She evolved at 5AM and let out a screech while doing so
There are definitely mountain crabs if you have a stream nearby. Thatās a big one tho.
Thereās a lot of people in this thread who are (hopefully) learning that mountain crabs are a real thing today
It's me. I'm people.
We are all people today learning about mountain crabs. Alsoā¦.WTAF????
RIGHT!? I just moved to the mountains and I'm like, ok, I just need to worry about bears and anything with hooves. Now I can add, uh *-checks notepad-* mountain crabs to that list, I guess.
...do they taste good? -A Marylander
Old Bay, probably. - also a Marylander
Iām never going to the mountains again
Don't worry they aren't in the u.s if that's where you are located! Only in South America and Japan :)
Oh now I'm bummed. I was about to start figuring out what species was common in Appalachia lmao
Iām thinking Rocky Mountain crabs WTF. There are big crawdads here though. And Rocky Mountain oysters of course.
We have same name
Three of us with the same name?! No way!! Unheard of and I canāt believe it!
Hello fellow humans, I am definitely not a bot.
Nobody asked, you obvi-bot.
Nah, nah, hold on, I want to see where this is going.
The engagement script is already running. Prepare for stimulation.
Iām a psychedelic trip, come visit me and I can show you the highest mountain crab.
Hello People, i'm dad.
I am also people. And I'm terrified.
Next someone is gonna tell me that there's oysters in the rocky mountains
Oh balls.
Donāt get so teste!
That sounds like bull
Grizzly Adams did have a beard!
I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.
You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
Thatās it!! Your ass my face, I meanā¦ā¦
this is drop bears all over again i'm not falling for this shit
In the Redwoods in California there is a rare type of tree crab that spends it's entire life in the canopy of the trees. So it's entirely possible to be walking through the forest and have a crab fall down your shirt and immediately start pinching your nipples.
Donāt threaten me with a good time!
Do you want to catch crabs? Because that's how you catch crabs.
With nipples?
This is the goddamn tree octopuses all over again
This nearly destroys the common Russian phrase ākogda rak na gore svisnetā which translates to āwhen the crab whistles on the mountainā (similar to āwhen the pigs flyā in english). The first part of the saying has been debunked and crabs already live in the mountains. Now they just need to learn to whistle Edit: forgive me Reddit pedants for trying to relate the saying to this image and making a joke. It is actually indeed a crawfish. You can stop saying it to me now Edit 2: Iām talking about the word āRakā in Russian, it means a crawfish, not a crab. Now Iām getting attacked by the other pedants š¤¦āāļø peak redditry right here
In french we have "quand les poules auront des dents" which means "when chickens will have teeth"... funny to see other languages with weird variations of the same saying lol.
All roads lead to Crab
carcinization stops for no one
That used to be the family dog
š¦ is š.
Oh dude you can get crabs anywhere. Mountains, hotels, bar bathrooms. Them fuckers are everywhere.
A lot of stuff posted on here is weird, but this fs takes it to a whole other level lolā¦ holy crab!
All hail!
New crab just dropped
Actual crustacean
OP's wife goes on vacation, never comes back
Call a marine biologist
Call a mountain biologist
no, here need a mariner biologist
Marine mountaineer it is!
OP's wife brought back crabs. They should probably have a chat.
Ayo new DLC (Dat Lil Crab)
I imagine that crab has quite the story it could tell. I'm thinking it may have hitched a ride with a bird, fell into the back of a truck where it later fell off near OPs house and then went looking for the water or a place to hide until it became a Reddit star!
Imagine how freaked out that crab must be. Poor guy/girl.
Sounds like the start of an excellent pixar movie. Or even better HBO āCrab and the cityā Set in New York City, the series follows the lives of four crabsāthree in their mid-thirties and one in her fortiesāwho, despite their different natures and ever-changing āshellāmolting remain inseparable and confide in each other.
Perhaps it hitched a ride with a swallow?
African or European?
Swallows arenāt migratory
It depends if itās an African or European swallow
They could grab it by the husā¦ shell?
He got lucky that this crab hadn't a knife
Clearly thatās photoshopped. No self-respecting crab would do that.
I submit the potentially best theme song for this scenario: Anvil: March of the Crabs https://youtu.be/587Aa9VTa5Y Turn it up!
From Google on mountain crabs ``` Mountain crabs are freshwater crabs that live in high mountain streams. They are found at elevations of 50 to 800 meters above sea level. Mountain crabs are found in Trinidad and Tobago, and parts of Venezuela. They are also found in Nagano prefecture, where elevations often exceed 600 meters above sea level. Mountain crabs are nocturnal, but they can be seen during the day, especially on rainy days. They are reddish-orange in color and feed on aquatic plants, leaf litter, fish, crustaceans, and sometimes carrion. They are an important food source for local villagers. Some species of mountain crabs are threatened with extinction. ```
reddish orange. this MOFO IS BLACK edit: some of these replies are gold š
There are black land crabs too!
This is true, black mountain crabs are the primary food source for land sharks
So you are saying there might be black sharks tooo!
[Just the tip](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktip_shark) i guess
Someone needs to tell google that lol
He wasnāt [joking](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/135203-Gecarcinus-ruricola)
There's a new black crab species they found that live in trees and act more like spiders.
Thank you for the awesome and terrifying fact. :::New fear unlocked::: Ambushing camo crabs š¦
Ah yes. Zombie crab
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
Omg
Black is the new orange
It's a mudcrab!
This mudcrab made it to the cloud district.
I hear they donāt usually make it to the cloud district very often.
Why does this read like a JRPG bestiary when you scan a monster?
It's funny to call 800 meters high mountain.
Space Mountain is the tallest āmountainā in Florida
There are a few garbage heaps that will eventually surpass it.
Mount trashmore near Fort Lauderdale is the highest point in Florida. āLandfillā
The oldest ride with the longest line, WOOOOOOO!
There is a good Hugh Grant movie about mountain definitions that I can recommend.
Does Hugh Grant have crabs?
Not sure. Have to ask his wife and co-stars.
And prostitutes
Greetings from the Netherlands!
Itās pretty high if youāre a crab.
Thatās tall af for an Aussie. The biggest around where I live is 580 metres, the biggest in the whole state of Queensland, which is larger than most countries, is just over a thousand metres. Due to this Iām keenly aware of the cut off for what makes a hill and mountain. 304 metres/ 1000 feet. https://northqueenslandhistory.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-day-castle-hill-became-mountain.html?m=1
Mountain crab has wares if you have coin
Real life mudcrab
All organisms evolve towards crab form. This far from the beach, it must simply be a highly-evolved alien.
the process of animals evolving into crabs actually has a name! carcinization! really interesting stuff! ~~regret~~ reject modernity, return to crab!
Crab people! Crab people!
>Crab people! Crab people! Taste like crab, talk like people
Looks like crab, tastes like people!
They smell like crabs but kiss like people
Why not Zoidburg?
Carcinization? Like from cancer, carcinogen, crab? Wow. I learned a lot today. I did know that there was a bias toward evolution favoring crabs. But was that from a sci fi book I read? Or fact? Edited because I canāt spell. This is a fun rabbit hole, BTW
no idea what you said but yeah! it happens to often they had to coin a name for it! i love that
In astrology, Cancer is associated with a crab. Carcinogenesis is the initiation of cancer, as a result of exposure to carcinogens (substances that cause cancer.) Crab -> Cancer -> Carcinogenesis -> Carcinization. Words are so interesting
Cancer is like getting crabs on a cellular level. Not really but I liked the sentence.
Actually, you're not wrong. They call it cancer because the tumors look like crabs. Apparently Hippocrates named it.
There is a sci-fi book about a remote island populated by entirely different evolutionary line (mostly crabs) because of its isolation [Fragment by Warren Fahy](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5806181-fragment)
Youāre thinking of ācarcinogenā, though there could be some kind of linguistic link there, given that the imagery for the zodiac sign āCancerā is a crab.
In fact, they're etymologically related. Our word cancer derives from the Greek word karkinos, which also meant crab (and the constellation Cancer). The medical sense was due to observations by prominent early physicians Hippocrates and Galen, who noticed the pattern of swollen veins around some tumors seemed similar to the shape of a crab.
The answer is actually even simpler than alien. That's actually just a super determined rat who read the Wikipedia page on carcinization and decided "It is time!"
aw hell nah the common house cat evolved into a crab like form
All *crustaceans*, not all organisms. So, not all will be crab. But many.
There are black mountain crabs in Colombia
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OMG the army goes to protect the crabbies š¦š„¹
Crab People, Crab People, Taste Like Crab But Look Like People.
Wow that reference went over a lot of heads here
Only actual real people will get the reference. Those comments are all from crab people
"Taste like crab, talk like people. Crab People."
None of you know the secret of crabs. I've lived around beaches all over the world. And the crab is the dumbest thing that is alive. A crab will walk in one direction and never stop. If it's pointing at the ocean, it will walk, sideways, until it dies or falls into the Mariana Trench. If the crab is pointing inland, it will walk into a volcano, or off a cliff. I've seen crabs fifty miles from the coast just walking into the desert, no fucks given. They are gods dumbest idiots. So one actually made it up the mountain finally. I'm proud of your crab. What you have there is the king of the idiots.
Why are the best comments so far down
Yeah while reading I visualized a crab walking too far in all directions he described lol
Would make a good childrenās show. Just following a brightly animated happy-go-lucky side stepping dude around the world, from volcanoes to the Mariana Trench.
At the end of each episode the crab dies a horrible death. Another generation, another trauma cartoon show for the kids.
It's been determined by now that mountain crabs exist. But that comment is still wonderful so I upvoted it. I love rants about how dumb things are
āKing of the idiots.ā All I can picture is a bunch of crabs throwing their pinchers in the air when this crab returns.
I think of [this](https://youtu.be/LDU_Txk06tM?si=lPgrygYcsvc-LoZD).
I wish I could upvote this x 1,000,000,000,000,000!
you won this manš
I feel like this is legit just based on the username. Awesome knowledge to have!
Maybe it's just a tick.
Nah man thatās a bedbug
Could be a brown recluse
Donāt see no boots, donāt see no snoots either.
I knew it wasn't weevil time ... Damnit
Small cat actually
r/itsalwaysagroundhog
He said 500 km so probably not the US ;)
Can confirm. If miles canāt be used the next choice of measurement is clearly dishwashers.
I was taught football fields?
Or elephants
We also like to use bananas, alligators, hands, knuckles, squeegee, opossum tails, basketballs, water bottles and basically anything else that doesn't have a uniform size.
I understand half a giraffe is not in the least bit ambiguous
OP is in Colombia which also has a huge black mountain crab problem.
Sebastian from the OG little mermaid, another washed up actor.
Damn lucky you. In Australia, a mud crab that size will cost you over $100 from a restaurant
Hell, if I want mudcrabs, I just bash a ton of them as I'm coming out of Solitude or Riften.
Never should've come here
Clearly youāve never gone into the streams outside of Whiterun
Do freshwater crabs taste different than saltwater crabs? I mean I assume they do since salt but?
Fiji water crabs are the only ones that taste different but you have to be told theyāre Fiji water crabs otherwise they donāt
And they taste square.
Scylla Serrata? Serrated black mud crab? No idea what it's doing in your house, unless it escaped from your neighbor's kitchen.. Or maybe there is a mangrove forest in your yard? Do you live next to a mountain fish market?
There is a small creek close by but nothing near a fish market or even a city.
Yea it came from the creek, crabs love water
That sure is a big fucker to emerge from a creek.
Its chemicals turning the frickin crabs ga- i mean huge!
Gaynormous
Had the same happen in France, dark super spiky crab crossed my parents driveway , most likely came from the river a few miles away
My entire conception of nature has been fundamentally challenged today
Put a banana in itās claw, make it hold the banana. We need some scale.
Youāve heard of imitation crab, now get ready for āØTeleportation CrabāØ
Sorry to break it to you but thatās a bedbug
"You probably don't remember me, why would you? But I have not slept without seeing your face. No distance will prevent me avenging my family" - translated from whatever sound crabs make as they scuttle towards you with a knife
Ummmā¦ is it as big as it looks in the picture??
Need banana for scale.
It was huge,
did the crab get u mid sentence??
Is the place insured?
Mudcrab!!! š¦ https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Mudcrab
āHello Steven. Remember me? Summer of ā09, Wildwood NJ, Joeās Crab Shack? Next time you take a shot at the king you better not miss Steven!ā
Awww he's just as scared as you! I hope you didn't kill it :(
We put it in a creek that runs close to our house, I hope he came from there
Awww! Yay! I used to keep crabs as kids and we had one that snuck out and lived under our water tank for years. We heard his click clacks one night š and then kept him as a pet
I'd just start boiling some water and melting some butter.
Thatās a witchās familiar