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
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
as it should be.
@ytr3488
6 ай бұрын
@@rickskepticalof course they did pomboy is just making up a story
@hxee5545
6 ай бұрын
@@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
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
Crustaceans.....they are what they eat.
@andrewbyronloveshire5209
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
@@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
6 ай бұрын
@@andrewbyronloveshire5209 It depends solely on the diet
@jeffyoung60
6 ай бұрын
One KZitem 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
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
@@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
6 ай бұрын
@@kingofkings9 tell that to the island I’m at.
@meat3958
6 ай бұрын
@@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
6 ай бұрын
They are the Dodo of crabs.
@tashastarling6573
6 ай бұрын
Imagine a survival game where you're stuck on an abandoned island and you just constantly fight crabs.
@Vorylenus
6 ай бұрын
Sounds like the game Stranded.
@Fire-Manz
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, Crabs that has guns in each claw!
@onba7726
6 ай бұрын
@@Fire-Manz No, that's too unrealistic. Give it two knives instead!
@pepito69
6 ай бұрын
@@onba7726guns with knifes on the end
@nojuanatall3281
6 ай бұрын
So that skyrim mod. "YOU F***ED UP!"
@eurosonly
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
Soylent formula is PEOPLE? It's LAND PEOPLE!?
@clintparsons3989
6 ай бұрын
Ack ack ack ack ack
@StrongBarnes90
6 ай бұрын
I read it in the voice and everything lmaooo
@JasnoGT
6 ай бұрын
🦀🤣
@godless-clump-of-cells
6 ай бұрын
It wouldn't go in their favor, that's for sure.
@willmad3121
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
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.
@@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
6 ай бұрын
Coconut crabs steal knives bruh Imagine waking up one morning and you see a Coconut crab outside your home wielding a Katana💀💀
@patriciarowe6685
6 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂 WIN
@keeper6458
6 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@crockodile2835
6 ай бұрын
6 katanas
@SoloEcho
6 ай бұрын
We need a coconut crab ninja
@kongoudessu007
6 ай бұрын
Peace was never an option~
@jadibdraws
6 ай бұрын
I'd imagine it should taste good since it likes eating coconut
@Rizzal6a6y
6 ай бұрын
They eat everything
@ellenrittgers990
6 ай бұрын
It’s a crab. They’re not picky eaters.
@kenmoncrief9903
6 ай бұрын
Can you imagine if everything we eat tasted like what it ate?🤮
@WolfBlade13179
6 ай бұрын
I’d imagine the Pineapple-Crab would be preferred, if human experience is to be trusted…
@clowngod_hk
6 ай бұрын
@@kenmoncrief9903obviously this is not true. Will the taste of steaks like grasses?
@geraldskitv6051
5 ай бұрын
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!
@santosh911
6 ай бұрын
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
4 ай бұрын
We have the same with frogs in Canada it is a horrible thing to see them on the road squished.
@mrmann7045
6 ай бұрын
That raccoon ran away like an 80s cartoon villain 😂
@RendaJane
3 ай бұрын
That was too funny!
@rimay.pratama1743
3 ай бұрын
where?
@javerosales2072
2 ай бұрын
It’s also how OJ Simpson walks.
@vincentsablan732
6 ай бұрын
As a man of Micronesian descent, we DO eat them. They're a delicacy. Yummy...😊😊😊
@longhairdontcare122
6 ай бұрын
Do they taste like coconut? Downed air plan pilot?
@vincentsablan732
6 ай бұрын
@@longhairdontcare122 How'd you KNOW?!?👍 Actually, along with sea turtle, we consider it nature's Viagra--the islander way.
@wxlurker
6 ай бұрын
Could you describe how they taste like? Is it just a regular crab taste or do they differ?
@vincentsablan732
6 ай бұрын
@@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
6 ай бұрын
When I was in Saipan we ate them, they tasted like regular crab.
@luvr381
5 ай бұрын
"Why don't people eat them?" "People eat them..."
@nild1587
6 күн бұрын
It eats people how people want to eat them
@ripvanwinkle2002
6 ай бұрын
when i become Bond villain rich, my island fortress is going to be patrolled giant genetically mutated coconut crabs.. fair warning.......
@shinjihirako4773
6 ай бұрын
I once thought that coconut crabs is the final evolve form of hermit crabs 😂😂😂
@arthurbachmann4221
6 ай бұрын
DNA expression...
@kbullbambam7660
6 ай бұрын
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 KZitem 😂
@KoalaCakes
6 ай бұрын
It's because it is a hermit crab grown large.
@undershade1834
6 ай бұрын
I like how he called it "over-fishing" when they're land animals
@richardlong8736
5 ай бұрын
I like how he said ENDANGERED after first saying "vulnerable" Not nearly the same thing more typical liberal spin / virtue signaling bs.
@Cookie-ri9pz
5 ай бұрын
I caught that, too.
@chucksolutions4579
5 ай бұрын
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.
@mud7877
3 ай бұрын
Imagine being a bird, capable of flight, Being domed by 9lb crab.
@heyidiot
4 ай бұрын
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
3 ай бұрын
Go on.... Tell me more of this...
@scootermom1791
2 ай бұрын
That sounds like something out of a nightmare. I can't imagine walking into a beach full of giant crabs. Ugh!
@Jasonmakesvideo
6 ай бұрын
Imagine wearing flip flops and walking through the crab deluge Cajones of steel
@sasshiro
6 ай бұрын
Boxes of steel?
@Yerinjibbang
6 ай бұрын
xDDDD
@godless-clump-of-cells
6 ай бұрын
Perhaps it's best to not leave things dangling around those evolutionarily engineered death claws.
@TheSharronW
6 ай бұрын
Yes I saw that too!!!
@americanfortruth
6 ай бұрын
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?
@incineroar9933
6 ай бұрын
Can we really call hunting land crabs fishing? I mean they aren't exactly in the water.
@metal_pipe9764
6 ай бұрын
They aren't fish either
@americanfortruth
6 ай бұрын
I heard they live on only one island, this is disturbing. Fish, hunt we better get at it.
@sploonz
6 ай бұрын
OK how about we just classify fishing as a type of hunting
@metal_pipe9764
6 ай бұрын
@@americanfortruth how is that disturbing?
@rosemarietolentino3218
6 ай бұрын
Call it what ever you want these days.
@CrazyFunnyCats
6 ай бұрын
Imagine a fight with a Mantis Shrimp 🦐 vs a coconut 🥥 crab 🦀 Thanks for the interesting video!👍
@waterzoip
5 ай бұрын
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
5 ай бұрын
@@waterzoip some pet stores sell Mantis shrimp, it was in a 4 foot deep tank. They can smash aquarium glass if they get triggered.
@birage9885
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
@birage9885 not coconut in Jamaica? something other than dem maybe? Jah Mon!🇯🇲
@mickadams1905
6 ай бұрын
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
5 ай бұрын
@@mickadams1905Yeah, well. It's Cane Toads. You won't hear me crying for them.
@xclusively_meh6631
Ай бұрын
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.
@ShayButter91
6 ай бұрын
Crabs with knives sounds like a badass rock band or something
Numerous in the Pacific Islands. It's an island delicacy. Love from Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands 🇲🇵
@rainman9626
6 ай бұрын
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.
@ahha6304
6 ай бұрын
Why Don’t They Eat Millions of Coconut Crabs in Japan? Thailand : we ate it until it has been registered as endangered species
@kevinmckay4150
6 ай бұрын
I liked the bridge they made for the little dudes to travel on. And the coconut crabs are terrifying.
@mickadams1905
6 ай бұрын
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.
@infidelkufar
4 ай бұрын
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).
@junior5389
6 ай бұрын
I try them once. Taste a little sweet from the coconut they eat. It's delicious. Wish I could have some again
@michahtaylor1182
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
Do you all have any game design skills, we can make this game easily in UE4/5.
@ironhell813
6 ай бұрын
I think you got the wrong thread, and Iam a designer.
@michahtaylor1182
6 ай бұрын
@@Puddlewiggle Pure in this case means it has no impurities
@mimimills2524
6 ай бұрын
@michataylor1182 yet it has magnesium and is an alloy
@azynkron
6 ай бұрын
This is why I live in Northern Europe. The worst animals we have are ants and mosquitos. And they are just annoying.
@iamaghost125
6 ай бұрын
😂😂
@magnuskallas
6 ай бұрын
Depends... Ticks are actually rather dangerous here and there :)
@lisabaltzer4190
6 ай бұрын
Mosquitos kill more people each year than any other animal. Mosquitos are the most deadly animal in the world.
@CountingStars333
6 ай бұрын
Yall killed most of the bears and wolves so I guess there's that.
@Earthstar_Review
6 ай бұрын
Nobody wants to talk about the frost giants.
@cruzmakaveli9891
6 ай бұрын
We live with these crabs everyday and they are DELICIOUS !
@christianromero6604
6 ай бұрын
When the ants dropped the rock on the crab, that _Doonk_ sound had me rollin....😅🪨 🦀 💤😂😂😂
@redneckhippiefreak
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
@@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
6 ай бұрын
Oh baby! Ain’t no seafood like the Carolina coast seafood! (North & South Carolina) ❤
@redneckhippiefreak
6 ай бұрын
@@phughesphoto Hello from Wilmington.
@denen404
6 ай бұрын
gramps go shrimping off the coast there every year and never comes home with out a TON@@phughesphoto
@Philfluffer
6 ай бұрын
I am also amused at the crabs that take up their defensive pose at cars, it’s so cute!
@__-pl3jg
4 ай бұрын
If they weren't so delicious this would be terrifying.
@youcantata
4 ай бұрын
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.
@guineanord
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
BLUE swimmer Crabs are a delish species
@swimmingmide
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
@@hog7203 oh yeah, put some old bay in the batter with other things and soft crab sandwiches are awesome
@espurrseyes42
4 ай бұрын
Steamed Crabs?
@simeonmaximofernandez3364
6 ай бұрын
We eat them in the philippines cooked with coconut milk also called "gata".
@nimblehuman
6 ай бұрын
Ang sarap! 🥥🦀
@acgray1972
26 күн бұрын
Well stop please because species is vulnerable..... 🤦 Facing extinction.
@acgray1972
26 күн бұрын
Eat another kind
@michaelroberts1120
6 ай бұрын
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
4 ай бұрын
Was there anything nearby the body, like an airplane?
@gloriamontgomery6900
4 ай бұрын
@@deathpunch23Supposedly they found a tin of freckle cream, the same brand that she used.
@adamroo99
4 ай бұрын
Fake news
@_RasputinReborn_
3 ай бұрын
@@gloriamontgomery6900they also found a shoe and a box for a navigation device similar to the one used by her copilot
@countrygirl432
6 ай бұрын
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
5 ай бұрын
"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).
@Chompchompyerded
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
What the hell?
@sarahharrison8520
6 ай бұрын
Lmfao 😂
@paolopasaol9700
6 ай бұрын
What kind of kinky gorn is this? 😂
@emptyemptiness8372
6 ай бұрын
Possibly my favorite comment ever.
@DontLookBehindYou1
6 ай бұрын
I think you did an interview on the news... I saw it with my own ears
@ontime7482
6 ай бұрын
I ate 17 clusters of crab’s yesterday, man I’m full.
@shinjihirako4773
6 ай бұрын
Yum
@zayhayes1895
6 ай бұрын
Your lying
@nehehehgraylois
6 ай бұрын
@@zayhayes1895 his lying?
@rzella8022
6 ай бұрын
@@zayhayes1895 I think so too. Wait, seems a "cluster" is somewhat prepared, so maybe he spent all day cracking and eating.
@sandgrownun66
6 ай бұрын
@@zayhayes1895 You're
@rgarid62
4 ай бұрын
In my Island they are called"Ayuyu" they are still abundant and are a popular dish for many locals in Guam.
@au.ru.
4 ай бұрын
Very nice video, I especially enjoyed the silly funny animations with the bonk sounds and such, cheers! :)
@lorettaross2007
6 ай бұрын
There's that slurp! Love it! Great information! Thank you for sharing! Catch you next time !
@luthachauncey8117
6 ай бұрын
A crab with a SHANK is mind blowing!
@USNVA11
6 ай бұрын
Come at me brah ! 🦀🔪
@geridinewhite869
3 ай бұрын
Lol ! Locked up lately ?😂
@MaryOKC
5 ай бұрын
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…
@richardpatton2502
6 ай бұрын
The crab that identifies as a spider 😂 All the best to everyone
@bengrauartwork
6 ай бұрын
I wonder if chef Guga can make a few dishes out of them. It would be an interesting video.
@williamcozart8158
6 ай бұрын
he'd dry age and then sous vide it
@bleepbloop7039
6 ай бұрын
if you think it looks bad right now... watch this.. queue generic rock and roll music
@williamcozart8158
6 ай бұрын
@@bleepbloop7039 "let's do ett"
@paulscarth6949
6 ай бұрын
You could make a film Like Jaws but call It Claws, epic stuff.
@janaleland9038
3 ай бұрын
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.
@jaimekub
6 ай бұрын
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
6 ай бұрын
Where’s the poisonous area?
@TheAdarkerglow
5 ай бұрын
@@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
5 ай бұрын
@@TheAdarkerglow thank you🥰
@teatonaz
5 ай бұрын
@@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
5 ай бұрын
Lived there, never found them appetizing😊😅
@JenniferPChung
5 ай бұрын
I love your editing. It's informative and hilarious which keeps me focused. So thank you!
@aidenayers2486
6 ай бұрын
New fear unlocked: Coconut crab:
@kgm_gmoney0482
6 ай бұрын
10:13 you see a horror movie, where I’m from 🇧🇸or in the Caribbean we see food and etc 😂😂😂
@josephhaas7636
3 ай бұрын
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.
@amypagekaviani5661
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for your very information video. I have always wondered why these crab weren't eaten.
@JanKowalski-wb8ih
5 ай бұрын
So why aren't they? The video got too boring for me to watch whole.
@richardlew3667
5 ай бұрын
I met a WWII vet from the Pacific Theater who wouldn't go near crabs and coconuts after the war.
@hog7203
6 ай бұрын
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.😆
@twk8520
6 ай бұрын
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.
@pakde8002
6 ай бұрын
Blue crabs are regulated in the Eastern USA and there's a substantial industry built up around them. Softshell crabs are a delicacy.
@splatninja9447
6 ай бұрын
Blue crab, natures meals on wheels, so efficient they deliver themselves.
@princessdaisy5321
6 ай бұрын
In Tahiti they covered the roads and we were on bicycles. Very scary and big
@tutorialsintwi
6 ай бұрын
This is what the producers of horror movies need 😅
@susanmartin3762
4 ай бұрын
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.
@mattsheezy5469
23 күн бұрын
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.
@DeVill3007
6 ай бұрын
I feel physically sick looking at these crabs.
@danaposton3649
6 ай бұрын
They are huge I've seen furniture made from their chella❤😂❤ it looked cool there was a table too made from this crab lol it wasn't cheap either lol
@StyledOutWright
26 күн бұрын
love the video!! How many times is this guys gonna say coconut crabs?! 🤣
@zanalander
4 ай бұрын
This ain't a crustacean, This is a CRUSHstacean.
@comradedog6171
6 ай бұрын
As a former coconut crab myself I can say that you humans do taste like chicken
@Luna-pg6xd
6 ай бұрын
As a former coconut crab I agree and disagree, adults tasted like pork but children tasted like chicken
@michaeltaylors2456
6 ай бұрын
They are spooky as hell, ran into one in the dark on a beach on Guam.
@derekdowns6275
6 ай бұрын
Grateful that there's no such shortage of coconut shrimp. ;)
@HogMan2022
5 ай бұрын
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. 😲🦀
@hanovergreen4091
6 ай бұрын
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".
@DwayneETowns
6 ай бұрын
1:33😬damn!! that hook on that crab looks lethal.
@mr.m.t.j.m6003
6 ай бұрын
All I can say is, “DAMN YOU MISTER CRABS!!!”😂😂😂😂
@uyfj9312
6 ай бұрын
Just so everybody knows coconut crabs will intentionally swarm you and eat you stay away from their spawning grounds
@binsarmm
6 ай бұрын
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...
@phothewin6019
4 ай бұрын
Never thought I'd watch a documentary about Coconut Crabs narrated by Seth Rogen.
@JamesCAsphalt8
4 ай бұрын
The coffee maker as an intro is genius! Finally, something original! Thank you for NOT asking me to hit "subscribe" before I even watch the video. (I did subscribe).
@Nmethyltransferase
6 ай бұрын
"Why Don’t They Eat Millions of Coconut Crabs in Japan?"
@tlh0121
6 ай бұрын
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
4 ай бұрын
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
4 ай бұрын
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
3 ай бұрын
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.
@kev13v1
6 ай бұрын
crab didnt just snap a reg club it went for the driver 😂 savage af 💀
@sacr4450
4 ай бұрын
I just watched 20 minutes of crabs, and it felt like blissfull eternity
@primopierre
4 ай бұрын
In the Batanes group of Islands in the extreme Northern Philippines, they are not a protected species and are a local delicacy that are must-haves for tourists as well… i would say they are not easy to come by and would require at least 1 day to reserve if you want to eat one as a tourist. So yeah this should be declared as a protected species because their numbers are dwindling due to increasing interests by tourists.
@user-gf3op7kr1p
6 ай бұрын
I have seen several videos of people, of the here and now, eating these coconut crabs. At least within the past few years. As for the "theory" that coconut crabs may have devoured Amelia Earnhardt's remains; if so, why didn't they consume the bones? As stated, they eat the shells of other crustaceans for calcium for their own shell growth.
@Raven-01
6 ай бұрын
We don’t absolutely *know* the bones belonged to Amelia. They disappeared before DNA tests could be done.
@user-gf3op7kr1p
6 ай бұрын
@@Raven-01 exactly! That's a mystery that will probably remain a mystery but it has been used to garner fame for many a person with supposed theories.
@kameljoe21
5 ай бұрын
@@Raven-01 If it was her there they would have found a plane. I mean it only requires someone to search the islands and the ocean about 50 miles around it to find a plane.
@theBallisticMystic
5 ай бұрын
Apart from the very obvious physical differences between shell and bone, the shells of crustaceans can become quite brittle once weathered. Bone is bulky and dense, and while marrow is nutrient rich and worth the effort of cracking open a bone, I'm gonna assume that the bone itself is not worth the time it would take for the crab to break it down into small enough pieces to eat - they eat by bringing small pieces to their mouths using their pincers.
@jonkirk1309
6 ай бұрын
I have two Coconut crabs or in Fijian Ugavule in my freezer.. Where they are sourced from has plenty them living there... Delicious! We eat the Red land crabs too they are called Lairo.
@dwarfbunni
5 ай бұрын
imagine bringing a hermit crab home and it grows into this
@russelbrown6275
6 ай бұрын
There was a crab problem at GTMO when I was there in’94.
@katebarton7134
6 ай бұрын
In Palau they are on the restaurant menu but the cost is upper of $200
@marissafranklin3281
4 ай бұрын
The Oops from smite really had me on high alert I love it 😂❤
@worndown8280
Ай бұрын
I was stationed on Okinawa for 4 years in the 90s. never saw one of these guys. Went to Miyakojima twice, only saw some in the zoo they had there. Glad thy are making a comeback.
@genevricella
6 ай бұрын
I ate a coconut crab in Vanuatu several years ago. It was delicious!! 🦀
@johngibson2884
5 ай бұрын
Best kava-kava root in the world there....
@woodstoney
4 ай бұрын
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
4 ай бұрын
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
4 ай бұрын
what is this an advert or something? wierd
@gloriamontgomery6900
4 ай бұрын
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.
Not too sure about this title because I lived in Japan, many many years and I never saw a coconut crab over there. Coconut crabs are usually found in places like Guam, or other remote locations in the Pacific not Japan.
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