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To think it’s not ok to kill jellyfish and crabs…

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CockledEel · 29/08/2024 22:05

So yesterday I was at the beach and a large group of children were bringing jellyfish up the beach and thinking it hilarious when the jellyfish broke up into bits and were flinging the bits around the beach. There were about 4 mums there with them, and didn’t try and stop them.
Today, a different group of kids were killing crabs/pulling the legs off. To which my mum (in her late 70’s) told them to stop. Another group of mums with the kids, had a go at my mum - saying it’s only a crab, and it’s dead already. However I’d heard her kids shouting “let’s kill it”.
Has the world gone mad?? This was the mindset of approx 20 kids in total over the two days, and 8 mums???

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Borninabarn32 · 29/08/2024 22:15

God that's absolutely vile. Imagine what horrible little thugs their mothers will be dealing with in a few years.

Alwaystired23 · 29/08/2024 22:14

Disgusting. My kids would be interested in seeing the crabs and jelly fish alive, not cruelly torturing the poor things. I told a kid off for wanting to step on a wood lice not along ago. I mean, it's a life.

Genevieva · 29/08/2024 22:13

By the time a jellyfish is deposited on the beach it is usually dead and has had its tentacles ripped off on the rocks and by the waves. They should take care not to be stung though.

Live crabs are a different matter. They deserve to be observed, maybe carefully picked up and gently inspected, then returned to a rock pool. Dead crabs are seagull food. If they want to dismember it then do be it. Their way of talking about it sounds quite Lord of the Flies, but I suspect it was already dead. Again, like jellyfish, crabs very rarely land in a beach alive.

ThatsNotMyTeen · 29/08/2024 22:12

Oh that’s awful. YANBU

NeverDropYourMooncup · 29/08/2024 22:11

Fingers crossed that they try it tomorrow with one that stings. They won't do it again after that.

CockledEel · 29/08/2024 22:08

It was vile behaviour, but the mums didn’t care. And it was two separate groups of kids/mums on different days. Yet exactly the same attitude…

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violetsparkle · 29/08/2024 22:07

That's absolutely disgusting. They'll grow up to be yobs