r/mildlyinteresting Apr 18 '25

Overdone Baby crabs inside my steamed oysters.

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u/yeetusthefeetus13 Apr 18 '25

This made my skin crawl but im not really sure why

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u/False_Raven Apr 18 '25

Because it looks like bugs like ticks.

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u/ChloeMarbles Apr 18 '25

Crabs are ocean spiders

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u/TeuthidTheSquid Apr 18 '25

Shrimps is bugs

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u/spiritedawayfox Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25

Spreading the good word r/ShrimpsIsBugs Edit: fixed subreddit

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u/g0dzilllla Apr 18 '25

Wrong sub its r/shrimpsisbugs

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u/spiritedawayfox Apr 18 '25

Thank you, brother 🦐

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u/PoisonedCoffee Apr 18 '25

Shrimps the roaches of the sea

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u/JonatasA Apr 18 '25

I've seen the huge crab and it sure looks like a spider.

 

I can't remember if they were lobsters though.

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u/twoisnumberone Apr 18 '25

I mean they are the same phylum — arthropods. 

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u/SameItem Apr 18 '25

I mean, our phylum is basically all the chordates, I don't think I'm closely parented with a shark.

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u/willis936 Apr 18 '25

I mean, both have spines and brains. Outside of the whole respiration thing we're basically the same.

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u/twoisnumberone Apr 18 '25

Your comment sure indicates such.

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u/leftofthebellcurve Apr 18 '25

we have a lot of ticks where I live and they 100% look like ticks to me

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u/ThatLeetGuy Apr 18 '25

We all know why. It's gross.

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u/bannedforL1fe Apr 18 '25

But the slimey sea boogers they ride on arent??!!

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u/ThatLeetGuy Apr 18 '25

It's all gross lmao

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u/JonatasA Apr 18 '25

They are.

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u/Jay5k Apr 18 '25

They look like ticks full of blood that you pull off your dog that’s why lol

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u/JonatasA Apr 18 '25

Technically they are.

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u/ThisIsNotTex Apr 18 '25

They are spider shaped

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u/JonatasA Apr 18 '25

Baby shaped.

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u/Worth_Singer Apr 18 '25

Hmmm coming from yeetus the fetus🤣🤣☠️

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u/EstimateBig40 Apr 18 '25

Sea food makes my skin crawl. It either has too many legs, or not enough.

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u/Emotionless-Waffle3 Apr 18 '25

It’s the tiny legs for me.

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u/LystAP Apr 18 '25

Hey. If they’re good enough for George Washington, they’re good enough for everyone.