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Related: About this forumThat'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
geckosfeet
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(20,886 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)Twinguard
(531 posts)Lithos
(26,403 posts)So, I would imagine the difference is the weight of the "stuffing mix". Just a crappy editor on a fluff piece.
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Volume.
geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)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.
Kennah
(14,234 posts)It's simple Reaganomics.
WillParkinson
(16,862 posts)Just add 5 pounds of pink goo.
thought this was another post about John McCain.
Rosco T.
(6,496 posts).. cause that's WAY more than 15 inches.. the freaking CLAW is 15 inches!
eppur_se_muova
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(8,401 posts)Duzzy nomination!
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geckosfeet
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lastlib
(23,191 posts)mrmpa
(4,033 posts)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".
sakabatou
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(18,807 posts)Rob H.
(5,350 posts)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?
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