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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 09:13 PM Apr 2012

That's a big crab!

Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide and would have produced 20lbs worth of meat
By JILL REILLY
PUBLISHED: 08:51 EST, 30 April 2012



Claude, the gigantic crab, was destined to become 325 crabsticks, but a twist of fate means he will now spend his days entertaining visitors at an aquarium.

The Tasmanian King Crab is a delicacy in its native Australia, but Claude was snapped up by a British aquarium worker who agreed to buy him and two other enormous crustaceans for a whopping £3,000.

He had them flown to the UK and they are now in quarantine at the Sea Life Park in Weymouth, Dorset, before they go on display.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137356/Monster-Tasmanian-King-Crabs-saved-pot-shipped-Britain-aquarium-display.html

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That's a big crab! (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2012 OP
How can a 15lb crab produce 20lbs of meat? geckosfeet Apr 2012 #1
Oh, you and your logic and reasoning n/t krispos42 Apr 2012 #3
my first thought, as well. must be republican math. wouldn't want to find that in my panties. eom ellenfl Apr 2012 #5
I wouldn't want to find it anywhere - except on a dinner plate. geckosfeet Apr 2012 #9
DUzy candidate! rocktivity May 2012 #16
It's an article by the Daily Mail. laconicsax Apr 2012 #6
Breading. Warpy Apr 2012 #7
Pink slime. drokhole Apr 2012 #8
Now don't be crabby. NV Whino Apr 2012 #10
Tax cuts and 9/11. n/t Orsino May 2012 #12
Maybe it weighs 15 lbs. under water. Twinguard May 2012 #15
20 pounds of crab cake (reading other articles) Lithos May 2012 #18
One word qazplm May 2012 #20
Don't get it. geckosfeet May 2012 #22
Half the meat is dark, half is light, and half is in between Kennah May 2012 #27
Quite simple, really... WillParkinson May 2012 #30
Oh wendylaroux Apr 2012 #2
Must be an error in that article Rosco T. Apr 2012 #4
It's not the size that's freaky -- it's the fact that it has a HUMAN HEAD !! nt eppur_se_muova May 2012 #11
LOL! LOLOLOL! YankeyMCC May 2012 #13
Check out this 5th cent. BC Sicilian Greek coin. trusty elf May 2012 #19
Crab worship on the island. geckosfeet May 2012 #23
Another one DUzy Candidate! rocktivity May 2012 #26
CRAB-zilla!! lastlib May 2012 #14
Did you know that during Colonial times, here in America........... mrmpa May 2012 #17
Yes, I knew that. sakabatou May 2012 #21
Well that's 2 of us.....eom mrmpa May 2012 #24
*shrugs* sakabatou May 2012 #25
Colonial times? People were ashamed to eat lobster in my parents' youth. (nt) Posteritatis May 2012 #29
<Homer Simpson voice> Rob H. May 2012 #28

Lithos

(26,397 posts)
18. 20 pounds of crab cake (reading other articles)
Wed May 2, 2012, 01:21 AM
May 2012

So, I would imagine the difference is the weight of the "stuffing mix". Just a crappy editor on a fluff piece.

L-

geckosfeet

(9,644 posts)
22. Don't get it.
Wed May 2, 2012, 10:21 PM
May 2012

I can see mixing the meat with some kind of fillers, but I don' see how volume can affect mass, or in this case weight.

Rosco T.

(6,496 posts)
4. Must be an error in that article
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 09:44 PM
Apr 2012

.. cause that's WAY more than 15 inches.. the freaking CLAW is 15 inches!

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
17. Did you know that during Colonial times, here in America...........
Tue May 1, 2012, 11:30 PM
May 2012

Lobsters were so prevalent and easy to catch, along Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, they were deemed to be "the poor man's food".

Rob H.

(5,340 posts)
28. <Homer Simpson voice>
Sat May 5, 2012, 10:11 AM
May 2012

Oh, yeah, what are you gonna do? Release the crabs? Or the giant crabs? Or the giant crabs with crabs on top, and when they attack they throw crabs at you?

</Homer Simpson voice>

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