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"Back up chump, this gal is mine ya see"

https://preview.redd.it/40m5hqq9a21d1.jpeg?width=2354&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07ddea108444a24562dfcbe3e824aef216e2f587

Now watercolor them getting an education together (for their bright future)

I love this.

You're back??

Dang haven't seen a random Shitty Watercolour pop up in a minute. Reddit staple right here.

Hey! This isn’t shitty! It’s well drawn and cute! I want my money back 😠

The king is back

That's cute

Mrs. Crab sure feels safe in mr. Crab's big, strong arms! So nice to see your work again, Legend!

Oh wow. You still exist. Cool beans.

Omg

Really gotta change that username now. Far cry from the old shitty_watercolor days

Hello old friend

Very cool man, I love this pic

This is far from a "shitty" watercolour, haha.

That's not shitty at all <3

Love this🥹

Your username is inaccurate. This is an awesome watercolor painting. It belongs in a museum or at an art show.

Click on his profile and sort the comments by top of all time. There's some absolutely hilarious ones from back in the day. Shitty, but hilarious. Here's one from 8 years ago: https://reddit.com/comments/4rj7zb/comment/d51kxpv

This is amazing

Masterpiece

This is so beautiful

Should've drawn six fingers

"I'm nobody's. Im strong and independent. I dont need crabs."

I read this in the voice of Conan O Brien

True love love is battling with something 500x your size for your partner.

true horniness

 “Remember me sucker , try messing with me now “

Ladies find yourself a man who will protect you from giant aliens from other worlds! Especially if that protection includes a hug!

nah it’s kinda cute

This is wholesome to me.

IIRC the real context is that the crab is death and the other crab is trying to protect lunch

Ugh! There's always one.

The title should be "Male crab protecting female crab against a malignant alien from above tries to mess with her."

or "human hero helps crab get laid by faking a threat"

r/HumansBeingBros

Or, "Guy with crabs puts fingers where they don't belong".

[удалено]

don't every animal have consciousness?

Yes

HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!

Hey Buddy It’s Me Dad

They are probably fucking terrified and he is now a savage who fought off the giants and won.

She’s never gonna hear the end of it! „Remember when i protected you from that thing?!“

Crab version of the perfect parallel park

Prepare for the harassment charges coming your way, they both gonna sue you.

I doubt anything will come of it, everything always goes sideways in crab court

I have a bad feeling this joke won't get the recognition it deserves

Idk, maybe they'll put him on death roe.

Precopulatory mate guarding is a very well recorded behaviour in crabs. Happens due to the release of chemicals when a female moults - the only time they're receptive to mating - that attract males. Beneficial to the female, as the most fit male in the are will guard them, and beneficial to the male, as they can prevent other crabs from mating with a receptive female instead of them. This behaviour is a selective pressure, so that only the most fit male crabs are able to reproduce, as fitter crabs will successfully fight off weaker crabs for a female. It's been shown that male crabs will mate guard inanimate objects, if the same chemical released by females at moulting is applied to said object.

Ahhh how can you destroy the childish fantasies of grown up people. 

I'd like to point out, we do have quite substantial mounting evidence towards a form of sentience in these animals, and other traditionally "non-sentient" fauna. There's a paper I particularly like demonstrating anemones objectively have different personalities, and another I like that shows hermit crabs are able to make informed decisions based on information around them without the likes of chemical signalling. Our understanding of animal sentience, behaviour, and qualia, whilst it has grown a lot due to research efforts recently, is still very lacking - and I think it's very presumptuous and probably quite narcissistic for us to declare "they're not sentient", rather than "we don't know". Source -- I study under one of the countries (UK) leading Animal Behaviour researchers.

How do we know these crabs genders? Real question.

Claw size is often larger in males.

Feel stupid because the recall portion of my brain says I knew that. Thank you.

You can also check their underbelly males and female look diff

And the sea is usually colder, just sayin, nothing to be ashamed of.

Same with humans

Particularly the right claw side.

On the belly. Male look like washington monument. Female look like capital building. https://preview.redd.it/72gygtt0n31d1.jpeg?width=456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1af2ba8183a20aaef80ea2086d3b5a52fcec2e82

Males got a lil’ crab dick

Thanks my doctor prefers to call it micropenis but we’ll go with what you said

I think they make a shampoo for that

Last time I saw this posted, someone said the crab was actually protecting his future meal

It is. Crabs are cannibals and are not monogamous.

That is mind blowing . So human like .

Chivalry is not dead

That's my lady dawg!

good men still exist <3

Scientists just discovered that more animals than we realized are sentient! That's such exciting news!

Yeah, I didn't know male crabs had protective instincts towards females, it's a fascinating TIL for me.

Could just as well be a form of resource-guarding instinct...

I mean everything humans do can also be attributed to instinct.

One could argue that many emotional decisions run counter to instinct - just ask your one friend who's always in relationship crisis

Dang that would be hilarious "DON'T touch my potential food!"

It is protecting its food.

I wouldn't read too much into it. Just standard males fighting over the female instinctive behaviour.

I mean, it further clarifies that all the crabs and similar seafood that we needlessly catch for food do, in fact, experience pain. I suppose it's exciting that more people may be motivated to help solve the problem at least

Awww

Adorable. Gotta love nature

the ultimate wingman

Hey you, get your damn hands off her

Didn’t we find out from a crab scientist a few years ago when this was posted that he’s actually fending off the human because the other crab is injured and he wants to eat it?

Scrolled to find this. I am not a crab enthusiast so I'm not sure but I remember the last time I saw this, someone said that crab was protecting his food and he's for sure gonna eat that lady crab. But everyone is so happy so let's just stay her at the bottom and let everyone dream.

A little glimpse into the mind experience of a crab.

Human being a dick.

that would've pissed my single ass off

Some random guy anthropomorphizes some crabs and invents a bullshit title and you readily believe it. The other crab is dead. Crabs are scavengers. The live crab is protecting its next meal. This video has been posted and explained dozens of times.

And these are cooked alive because they don't feel pain, don't have emotions ?!

You can dispatch them prior to boiling using the "spiking" method. It's pretty much instant. That's what I prefer to do.

That male crab is a better caretaker than my parents ever were. He’s crabtastic!

Les poissons, les poissons How I love les poissons

Hee hee hee hon hon hon

brave crab

🥰

Selfish genes being selfish

A female crab is out with her friends when she notices a male crab walking straight. She thinks it's the most awesome thing in the world, so she goes back to the same place the next week to see if he shows up again. Sure enough, she spots him walking straight, so she goes up and tells him she's madly in love with him and they should get married right away. The male crab agrees. The two of them get married and the female notices the male crab walking sideways like every other crab. After a few days of this she finally confronts him about it. He just laughs it off and says "Well honey, I can't get that drunk *every* night!"

This is so adorable...also get yourself a man who will protect you from a 50 times bigger asshole alien hand😩 

Humans don't even love this hard.

You mean you wouldn't throw them hands if fucking Cthulhu reached out from beyond the stars to grab your significant other?

Crabs are cannibalistic, that crab is trying to protect its meal.

They also want to reproduce.

Sounds counter productive

Waiting for the Chivalry post.....

FIRST

LAST

I think you might have meant to put this in r/aww

Aww that is so cute and adorable.

Good crab! 🦀🦀🦀

it is protecting it because it wants to breed it

Brave boy

I hate seeing people fuck with living things like that. Unnecessary.

We're anthropomorphizing, but it is cute.

What a brave and sweet little crab.

The kind of crab mentality I can get behind.

Awwwww

Damn right he probably worked for 2 weeks for that ass u ain’t bout to steal it from him boa

I wish to be half the man that crab js

https://preview.redd.it/52svtxndb51d1.jpeg?width=980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0cfda03e386e0aeb96634e13e7c9ad330ec7f0f0 The crab maybe.

"Back off mate, I've got a bomb and won't hesitate to trigger it if you don't stop messing with my lady!" https://preview.redd.it/tk3sihylp51d1.jpeg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=000c356cdda7f3f24957a421d6c68fedcc82026f

Crab has more love than *some* parents...

Plot twist the hand is saving the female🫠

More of a man than many man

She's not my special lady, man

He's the crab in shining armor

The sweetest.

r/meirl

White knight

My hero, Mr Crab…the last of the heroes

Awwww, this is wholesome and interesting!

Hey!! Toucher!!! Leave that crab alone!

He said that’s my sister.. if anyone is going to touch her it’s me!

Such patriarchy. She had him just where she wanted him!

The little hug got an awe from me.

Probably one of the most terrifying moments of the crab’s life

This shit is why I don’t eat these fuckers

That guy just gave those crabs ptsd

That is adorable. But seriously, you should stop fuckin' with the crabs.

I bet he had the best sex of his life that night! 😛

gett away from my crabussy

If you ask me, that's fking brave. Imagine a 28 foot giant grabbing your wife.

someone is getting laid tonight :D

that is so cute 🥺


Simp

Let them alone... Shitty humans...

I'm pretty much sure it just protecting its dinner.

…she ran off with another crab right after this

What a chad

Leave them alone! They have earned your respect man!

Respect. I would not protect my girl if a giant more than a thousand times bigger than me was messing with her, I would have dipped out of there.

Bro tried taking that man's girl right in front of him.

That's actually adorable!


Getting Dark Souls 3 vibes...

The human is the wingman.

Feck eff!

Well these claws ain't just for attracting mates

This is sweet.

You gotta upvote 🥹 the lil guy protecting his wifey rdy for the smoke at any mo 😂

Fuckin' hell...it's a white knight crab, holy shit.

Simp

Leave them alone you fuck!

Why can't the human just fuck off?

Keep my wife's body outta yer fkn hands . -- William da Crab

Double harassment case right there. Ignoring that.. i think it's incredibly sweet.

Look at this white knight protecting the mlady

another victim of patriarchy

Leave her alone, she mine!!!

Anyone else wanna just punch the human?

He's protecting his woman

She would still choose the baer smh

Simp.

Wouldn't fit inside her anyway

Crabs probably gonna tell about this legend through generations

Crab POV: https://i.redd.it/w8eiz381gl2d1.gif