Worth noting that the species of crabs is invasive from North America and they are hugely popular as a food item here. They’re not forcing themselves to eat garbage-tier crustaceans to make some kind of statement.
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2024
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Crabs and lobster are basically giant ocean bugs. I don't like blues, though, because there's not much meat on them.
Enough meat in a lobster bug to feed my fat ass.
Yeah, a lobster is a meal. But to get the same amount of meat out of a blue you'll have to pick a half dozen of them.
I realized a long time ago I like crab for two reasons. (1) Butter and garlic delivery system, and (2) keeps my hands busy with all the cracking and poking.
Science nerds: This thing has no natural predators
Italians: We'll see about that
"Into the pot, you little shits."
If there's one thing humans can do, it's eat something into ecological collapse 💪
I laughed and then thought about all the fish populations we are fishing away. I thought, foolish modern humans… the I reflected that we probably helped the megafauna into their extinctions… so we really are great at it. Big brained persistence runners were a fucking mistake.
Invasive carbs
Every species is an invasive species if you go back long enough
Italian Armed Forces announces it will begin airdropping salted butter and coleslaw into region in need of assistance.
War never changes.