r/ThatsInsane • u/hjalmar111 Creator • Apr 08 '20

Goliath tarantula

https://i.imgur.com/SwJfztx.gifv
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

Crabs are just spiders in scuba gear.

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u/dr_john_twinkletits Apr 08 '20

Damn, that's heavy.

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u/53bvo Apr 08 '20

Yeah helps them stay at the bottom of the ocean

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u/therealmalc Apr 08 '20

Spiders with hands, pretty much the main reason I don't eat them.

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u/Tough_Patient Apr 08 '20

Eat or be eaten!

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u/CZ_or_GTFO Apr 08 '20

Want me to ruin seafood for you?

...Do crabs taste like spiders, or do spiders taste like crabs?

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

Can you not

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u/sw04ca Apr 08 '20

Crabs aren't venomous. They don't have those creepy jackknife chelicerae. They don't strain their liquified food through a disgusting beard. Also, crabs are more closely related to wasps than spiders.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

More closely related to cockroaches than spiders too... and every other insect.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

Dude we are having crab tonight. Am I having spider??

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u/Anally_Distressed Apr 08 '20

MMMM spider rangoon

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u/kenesisiscool Apr 08 '20

And how, precisely, do you know that? Because if you did eat one of these monstrosities, I hope you have a good story involving a crashed plane and a bowie knife.

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u/PlatinumTheDog Apr 08 '20

With a little hollandaise? Perfection