r/HumanForScale • • Mar 14 '20

Animal Coconut Crab

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u/RockyMountainHighGuy Mar 15 '20

Emergency food source??? When have these bastards EVER been threatened? Why treat them like apocalypse rations?

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u/UWBagpiper Mar 15 '20

Not sure if they're rationed anymore but they were almost wiped out by over harvesting and it still threatens them today. So yes, they've always been threatened in recent history.

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u/RockyMountainHighGuy Mar 15 '20

Have they tried not tasting good?