New Scientist - A Last Word question - Living dead crabs

[rscott3d]

this video would be better with JayZ music blasting....

[halfdeadsk8er15]

their nickname is the livingdead crab simpley because they can be found in the bottom sea floor feeding on the remains of pretty much anything dead.

[WHATFUCKLOL]

i dont get it... what is the video about?

[halfdeadsk8er15]

iono. zombie crabz.......oh that does not sound right! lol I'VE GOT ZOMBIE CRABZ!

[johnknoefler]

they are land crabs. They most likely used a burrow that was created by another creature and were wintering over. You do not describe local fauna. Nor geographic location. And only uneducated workers made the find. No one was there to document the type of crab. Lots of holes in your story.

[irishpanda2000]

But that just sounds so...logical. lol

[thEsPamer106]

also, many animals can go dormant.

[Flyborg]

What was the explanation for this? If true, shouldn't this dramatically affect human cyrogenics research?

[Rokhan91]

wow.... crabs...... and they look alive

[ZANE6489]

i wonder what the crabs ate?

did the person who put them in there did it as a joke? how did they get in there...?

its crazy-they lived in that thing for like 80 years! did they reproduce

i know that no one probably.. well nobody knows yet... but still! HOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bagrym]

it was his last vid.. they ate him...

[EL23455]

o no attack of the zombie crabs.

[jzoott]

youve got crabs lolololololololol

[paleosole]

Amazing creatures...

[LotusTree69]

I once put a cast net away in an ice cooler (no ice) after casting it a few times with no luck and put it in the trunk of my car. I forgot to take it out when I got home and discovered it 2 weeks later and found a small Blue Crab still alive caught in the netting. it was the middle of summer and quite hot. I felt sorry for it and drove 30 miles to put it back in the water.

[relaxadog]

Thats really nice! :-)

[sayfaylo]

gay

[hoboshotgun22]

ahhh the cabs r going to atakk

[zxain]

LOOK LIKE CRAB, TALK LIKE PEOPLE

[TheRippingMachine]

CRAB PEOPLE, CRAB PEOPLE....

[misspistola]

Nice hoax.

[lancestarr]

I found a can of window cleaner that was past the use by date. I tried it and it worked fine.

[gwh]

it is a crab people..ahah

[ekliptikz]

BS

barnacles life for 3-5 years

crabs (depending on the species) live slightly longer up to twice that

[hypz]

Very cool.

[jimmykkkk]

crab people crab people, be ware, they gonna take over the earth.

[jjbella1]

Those crabs must of gone insane long ago from the solitary confinement. I would keep an eye on them.

[themrwhite]

My dad goes to Alaska twice a year, brings back Alaskan King crab, they put them on ice and they go to sleep. Take them out and they wake up and in the boiling pot they, lol.

[Oobervice]

It's a crab's life

[navygirl47]

thats cool

[Cyanidesin]

Aren't crabs able to hibernate? maybe I'm confusing animal facts, but if its true it might kinda explain how they're alive.

[YouBummyAssNigga]

for 30+ years?!

[Cyanidesin]

Maybe thats only 3 years in crab years? =P

[YouBummyAssNigga]

lol never thought of it like that

[FriedChikkin]

"Maybe thats only 3 years in crab years? =P" — LOL, LITERALLY! LOL

[jonhattanrai]

maybe, so the first question is: how long does a crab lives? and the second question could be: can crabs get into "latent" state?

[borneobear]

The soil is alkaline, which slows crab metabolism. Being burried also increased carbon dioxide levels, forcing the crabs to undergo prolonged 'hybernation'. This also stops most harmful baterial growth, ensuring their longevity.

This is quite common in frogs, but rare in crabs.

[allzinc]

insane

[B4TT3RY]

That's insane! Why haven't I heard about this?

[endocine]

moo