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Tasmanian giant 15lb crab saved from the pot


Still Waters

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He was destined for the pot – if they had found one big enough to fit.

But Claude the Tasmanian giant crab was saved from death when the fisherman who caught him sold him to a British aquarium for £3,000.

Now, after a 29-hour plane journey from Australia – where giant crab meat is a delicacy – and two weeks in quarantine, Claude is ready to meet his public

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I better not let my dad see this, he'd want to eat it. :cry:

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I better not let my dad see this, he'd want to eat it. :cry:

Shoot, I want to eat it! I love eating crab...sooo good. ^_^

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Shoot, I want to eat it! I love eating crab...sooo good. ^_^

lol You would get plenty of meat out of it.

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He's rather fab!

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One creature saved, but the wholesale destruction of life in the oceans continues without pause.

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Quote: ["Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide and would have produced 20lbs worth of meat"]

How can something weighing 15 pounds produce 20 pounds of meat?

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Quote: ["Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide and would have produced 20lbs worth of meat"]

How can something weighing 15 pounds produce 20 pounds of meat?

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Wow, £3,000 for a crab!

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Dang, that's one big crab. I read in the article that the Japanese spider crab is even larger. In any event impressive pics!

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Holy smokes!. Why does that women dare put her hand next to those freakishly massive claws?! That crab looks like it could take her whole arm off it wanted to.

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah,Quick wheres the Butter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I want to befriend him.

We will go on magical adventures together...

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Quote: ["Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide and would have produced 20lbs worth of meat"]

How can something weighing 15 pounds produce 20 pounds of meat?

Maybe they meant, he could've produced 20lbs. worth of a dinner when you add in all the side dishes. mashed potato, bread sticks, cake and whatever else people eat with crab dinners (never having had a crab dinner myself).

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