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[–]reasondoubt 106 points107 points ago

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From this post from over a year ago, the crab was injured in a fight with a bird, so the crab removed the badly injured claw. The crab's limb will grow back in time.

[–]The_Blackening 69 points70 points ago

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So in other words he decided to just do this.

[–]_Synth_ 12 points13 points ago

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Is it just me or are there a lot of gifs of badass crabs?

[–]Stargasm 10 points11 points ago

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I was really disturbed by this at first, thanks for posting an explanation. Cheers!

[–]radishattack 16 points17 points ago

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[–]The_Angry_Gamer 2 points3 points ago

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Thanks for the video. I was expecting something fake.

[–]hypmoden 3 points4 points ago

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I thought they censored shit like that in the American version

[–]Rude_Narwhal 2 points3 points ago

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Nope, not when it first aired at least, we got all of the beautiful gore and violence. Well, from what I can remember anyway, I'm sure different countries could have gotten different versions.

[–]loopcoop[S] 11 points12 points ago

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thanks for the backstory

[–]Dnoles1227 0 points1 point ago

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Holy christ I love biology too and find it fascinating but what the fuck is the deal with squeezing all the funny possible out of a hilarious gif. by explaining the reason why the crab ripped off his arm. Goddamn you reddit.

[–]betocantu -1 points0 points ago

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This only reminds me of this

[–]funyun2 27 points28 points ago

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That would only be more badass if he beat the shit out of a different crab with his freshly torn-off arm.

[–]woodledoodledoodle[!] 18 points19 points ago

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so... claw-plach?

[–]docblue 3 points4 points ago

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[–]EriktheRed 3 points4 points ago

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[–]Nomikos 9 points10 points ago

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"It's just a scratch!"

[–]MuggyFuzzball 4 points5 points ago

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"Tis but a flesh wound!"

[–]RageOfGandalf 4 points5 points ago

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I wish I could do this

[–]verbose_gent 8 points9 points ago

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Just chill out, James Franco.

[–]EnjoyMyDownvote 12 points13 points ago

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someone should really give him a hand

[–]calvinburkhead 5 points6 points ago

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He should give himself a hand.

[–]n5corp 2 points3 points ago

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Claw

[–]_xyzzy_ 1 point2 points ago

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Now that's how you do The Stranger.

[–]aresius 6 points7 points ago

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It's just a flesh wound!

[–]docblue 3 points4 points ago

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you're a loony

[–]da1yemi 1 point2 points ago

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FUCK AN ARM

[–]LeSpatula 4 points5 points ago

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Well, it's a crab, and horseshoe crabs (ok, the crab in the gif is another crab and belongs to the crustacean, but it's a crab, right?) belong to arachnids, like spiders, and we all know that Spiderman doesn't give a fuck, and that's the explanation why this crab doesn't ether.

[–]Connorhea 0 points1 point ago

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I don't know why you haven't been upvoted to Enlightenment

[–]sourlovepuppy 2 points3 points ago

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is this normal crab behavior?

[–]ViperApples 10 points11 points ago

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It is a rite of passage. A child crab cannot be regarded as an adult by his peers until he tears off his own claw.

[–]sourlovepuppy 0 points1 point ago

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are you pulling my arm ?

[–]Whybother553 0 points1 point ago

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I think he's pulling his own

[–]Baner87 4 points5 points ago

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[–]Battlesheep -1 points0 points ago

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Thank you, I'm glad someone posted it

[–]ManMadeHuman 0 points1 point ago

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So do insects, crustaceans, mollusks, etc have pain receptors similar to mammals?

Some animals will chew off limbs to escape from some situations, but they show major signs of pain afterwards. Would it be right to assume, that insects for instance, don't feel pain like what we would describe as pain?

[–]PrivateSkittles 1 point2 points ago

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They feel "pain" in that they recognize that they are hurt, but no, it is not like what you or I or mammals or birds, or reptiles etc. feel. They have very simple brains and that crab is not in the same sort of pain, or anything like what you would feel like if you ripped your arm off, or if your dog chewed its leg off.

[–]DoctorThunder 0 points1 point ago

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Citizen Snips! What are you doing?!

[–]wet-dreaming 0 points1 point ago

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bad ass crab

[–]xdeviance 0 points1 point ago

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"ARGH, CRAB BATTLE!"

[–]kconnors 0 points1 point ago

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that crab has a temper problem

[–]JasonEay 0 points1 point ago

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Somebody's crabby today.

[–]SonicFlash01 0 points1 point ago

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Action movies would be more awesome if humans could regrow limbs...

[–]lukini101 0 points1 point ago

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This made me laugh so damn hard.

[–]TheEthan550 0 points1 point ago

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That's a perfect way to summarize the movie "127 hours".

[–]felatedbirthday 0 points1 point ago

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PCP is a hell of a drug

[–]DangerMouseToby 0 points1 point ago

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Forget this claw it sucks!

[–]medweester 0 points1 point ago

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this song played in my head the whole time.

[–]Volker_Metal -1 points0 points ago

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I watched that for at least a minute, laughing loudly when people are sleeping. Upvote.

[–]CobaltCog -1 points0 points ago

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HAHAHAHA! This is one of the funniest .gifs I've seen in awhile.

[–]MisterGrieves 0 points1 point ago

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Me too. i didn't notice at first. had to let it cycle again wondering where the other crab came from. then was all "holy shit. that crab just pulled its fucking arm off!"

[–]BlueMunky -1 points0 points ago

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I wish my arms would grow back, I'd get new tattoo sleeves like every summer.

[–]PorkBeans -2 points-1 points ago

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Tattoo sleeves are so Fucking gay.. "oh it's like a shirt sleeve but with tattoos his trendy"