Giant coconut crab picture

[gategrrl]

 Those Giant Coconut Crabs - someone on my flist (sorry, I can't remember who exactly at this time of night!) posted a Wiki entry about this gigantic fake looking thing. Well, someone took a picture of one hanging on a garbage can. OMG. It's huge and scary looking. Honest to god, click on the link and you won't be disappointed. It's a MONSTER.

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[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

That was me. *g*

And I still think they're cool.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

It IS cool. It's just...freaking scary to run into something like that hanging off a trashcan!

[lavvyan.livejournal.com]

I saw another picture where one was climbing up some guy. Apparently, they can be trained. Isn't that awesome? *bounces*

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

It's as big as the garbage can!

*freaks*

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I imagine myself, early in the morning (around 6:45am) not quite awake, going outside to move the garbage cans to the curb, and realizing with that suddeness that only a shock of awakeness can do to you, that there *something alive hanging off your garbage can, and it's moving!

Brrr.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my word, that's insanely big and scary! *shudders*

Hee, I love this comment on that page

Uummm... hi! Mind if I use your trashcan today? Mine's...uummm... scary.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I thought the comments with drawn butter were amusing. Okay. Sure, but who's gonna kill it?

[happybydefault.livejournal.com]

Oh my word, that's insanely big and scary! *shudders*

Hee, I love this comment on that page

Uummm... hi! Mind if I use your trashcan today? Mine's...uummm... scary.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

D'oh! That was you in the anonymous comment!

[happybydefault.livejournal.com]

Yup. Apparently Firefox thinks it's funny to randomly log me out.

[justalurkr.livejournal.com]

That's a big-assed crab. I hope, too, it's the biggest land-dwelling arthro-whatsis.

[edges subtly away from the garbage can, wondering what John Sheppard would do.]

[eviljr.livejournal.com]

Holy *BEEP*

*Runs in fear*

[lapislaz.livejournal.com]

This is a joke, right? Although I am right there with the lemon and drawn butter if it ain't...

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I wish it were. I'm seeing more of these things on the internet. How soon do you think they'll be extinct now that the world knows about 'em? Because, you know: foodies.

[amycooper.livejournal.com]

Eeek! That's as freaky as the Christmas Crabs.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

That is just...holy moly. You should have heard my shriek when I saw the land crawling with them! Every year? OMG.

(original post deleted because I had the wrong pronoun where "you" is)

[amycooper.livejournal.com]

Freaky aren't they? Christmas Crabs aren't edible though. Coconut Crabs are though. Still, the big ones are very old, I'd feel guilty eating them (plus they look disgusting).