Christmas Crabs - I find this absolutely fascinating....

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I have just come across this. I remember watching Richard Attenborough's programme about them once. Can you imagine them all marching down your street?

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No, and nor do I want to!

that's amazing.

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww - my skin is crawling.....

and don't worry about rhubarb, she doesn't need them for christmas this year, she's already got them.

Ouch, see the man walking around the golf course in his bare feet - he was brave - I would have been tempted to put one of them with the golf sticks!

PMSL at the people taking them out of the golf hole and shoes.

But to be honest, that would all freak me out and it must be horrid driving down the road and hearing all the crunching.

I don't know which is worst the fully grown ones or the baby ones, eugh!

You bitch DC

I liked the way they piss the babies out, wouldn't mind if human labour was like that -

Must have caught them from you then DC! Remember, a crab is not just for Christmas guys!

yes, and there is something else....

does it burn when you pee?

I'm sure it burns them when they pee out their babies yes, why don't you ask the ones you have dear?

Oh I forgot, they don't really go in for raisins do they?

i don't remember seeing that on the documentary.

David Attenborough definitely goes on about them prefering large sausages to raisins, more breeding ground you see!

oh FFS, you're on crack! lol

Do we think we've just corrupted this thread?

I saw a programme on Nat Geographic about them, don't know if it't the Richard Attenborough one. It was called Red Crabs and Crazy Ants.

Showed you the gory details about how the ants invade the crabs and eat them alive. Very gory but a really fascinating programme.

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We saw something similar (but not quite on the same scale) on a small island near Fiji. We were on a scooter and kept having to swerve to avoid running them over! They were all heading for the sea.

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took me bloody ages to find the right sized shoes.

Or do you recognise this, you have to look twice"

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Do you have a name for it?

colin.

i can't see naughty's one.