Not all heroes wear capes. Some are crabs.

    • FuglyDuck
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      211 year ago

      That is a terrifying puppet. Like wtf is it supposed to be?

      • janus2
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        161 year ago

        A Very Normal Sea Creature Nothing To See Here

        (squid?)

        • FuglyDuck
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          51 year ago

          normal… is uh. relative, heh.

          I mean… have you seen what comes up out of the sea? freaking aliens, man.

      • UFO
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        31 year ago

        Terrifying for a crab… Wait… are you a crab?!? :O

        • FuglyDuck
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          21 year ago

          apparently, yes. and… basically everything else. apparently. and also cuddle fish and squid.

    • @PandaPikachu
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      121 year ago

      I’m kinda surprised to see them training them one at a time. That’s going to take ages. “OK, Roger has been successfully intimidated by the nightmare puppet. Looks like Brenda is next in line, someone bring in Brenda.”

      • DreamButt
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        31 year ago

        Just put a real predator in the tank forehead

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      Marine biologist’s friend: How’s work been lately?

      Biologist: Great! This month I’ve been putting on puppet shows for crabs!

      Friend: Is that a euphemism or …?

    • @Wrench
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      31 year ago

      Pretty sure crabs brains are so simple that they are almost purely instinctual. You shouldn’t need to train them. But I can hurt, I guess.

  • @[email protected]
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    201 year ago

    These are native crabs right? Surely they wouldn’t introduce a potentially invasive species. Right?

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      Making crabs even more appealing is that they’re native to Florida, just in relatively low numbers. (“Everything eats them,” Spadaro said.) Adding them to the reef is unlikely to have any grave unintended consequences for the ecosystem, Spadaro said, especially considering that there are few other herbivores.

      Yeah

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      Biodiversity is more important.

      Also you’re talking about microalgae, the stuff that makes water look green. The stuff the crabs would be eating is growing on the coral or is shading it like kelp.

      • @reddig33
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        01 year ago

        Hopefully you are right! I just found it humorous that on one side of the world they’re growing algae to save the planet, and on the other side they are getting rid of algae to save the planet. 🤷‍♂️

    • @Seleni
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      41 year ago

      Or copy Roosevelt’s idea and use badgers.

        • @Seleni
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          71 year ago

          Teddy Roosevelt was on one of his speech tours when a girl offered him a badger. He said yes, named it Josiah, and would often sic it on congresspeople who were running late or being otherwise annoying.

  • @Burn_The_Right
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    111 year ago

    In unrelated news, FL conservatives pass law banning crabs due to “water wokeness”.

  • @Jackcooper
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    21 year ago

    So that’s why my ex booked that flight to Miami

  • @Snoopey
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    21 year ago

    Taste like crab, speak like people

  • FuglyDuck
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    01 year ago

    Hmmm.

    Cyborg crabs?

    Noooope. Cool but boring!