Why Stone Crab Claws Are So Expensive | So Expensive
Stone crab claws are one of the priciest seafoods you can buy. Depending on their size, claws can cost as much as $70 per pound. Unlike most other crustaceans, it's illegal to harvest the body of a stone crab, so fishermen must only collect the claws before returning the rest of the crab to the ocean. So what makes these claws so coveted? And why are they so expensive?
Note: The courtesy that appears in this video should be "Black Sky Entertainment" instead of "Blue Sky Entertainment."
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Why Stone Crab Claws Are So Expensive | So Expensive
"Research found that up to 84% crabs died after two claws removed".. Wow, who would have thought.
I want to know how some survived
@@athousandyearoldfossil5059 because they grow back quick if fully grown crabs
Better than 100%. Would be interested to know how many pigs died after their feet were removed.
@Hybrid Don I was also thinking that but if theyre fighting the declining harvest size then I guess 84% isnt bad compared to 100% if we were to just cook the whole thing
@@pluto8404 lol
crab: "yeah, finally it grows back full size," human: "... pull !" crab: " Argh, crab! Not again!"
I see what you did there
It's funny but also highlights some pretty brutal stuff
Puns
Nobody: Fisherman: snap
😐
Father crab: “Honey, I’m gonna go get milk at the store, do you need anything else?” *comes back with no claws*
Oh honey what happened to you?
And no milk! HE NEEDS SOME MILK!!
Least he came back
@@senhordosmanes1618 I'm delicious apparently
the wife: "OH SHIT, YOU WENT TO CHEAPMART DIDN'T YOU" the husband: "uhhhh, yeah...but don't worry, they will grow back in three years, so you'll have to feed me for now"
I mean if you gonna take both claws just take the crab at that point
They grow back
@@lashandigarcia2889 Did you watch the video? They don't on average. They use their claws to catch and eat food. Without them, they die
The bodies don’t taste good. However, if you throw the bodies in the water the crabs can grow back their claws, or other animals will eat the bodies. You people are over reacting, and if you think it’s unfair compare our brain sizes to the brain size of a crab. Although, that might not hold up because if you think it’s cruel your brain might be closer to the size of a crab than a human.
@@jonbar140 there is a chance they survive and it’s also better if an species that likes the body eating it than a human who doesn’t like the body eating it
@@ScxrchedOasis You lost me with that sentence. There's also a chance that I'll survive doing 200 mph on the highway and a motorcycle but it doesn't mean it's the wisest or best thing to do. Humans will put here to tend the animals. Giving them a 20% survival rate is not wise.
“These crabs have a mind of their own” no shit, they’re alive
Since we're literally speaking here
They're dummy
*Their btw
@@yuhangxu123 it's they're not their. Learn it before you correct other people 😂
Im telling you lol
*crabs die when losing claws* *crabs die less when no claws lost* "Every sixty seconds in africa, a minute passes."
+1
-1 🤓
“Every time you inhale, you breathe”
Someone dies because they are dying
"People die if they are killed" -Shirou
Im guessing the crabs might evolve into having smaller claws
I wouldn't be surprised if all animals start to evolve different because of humans.
Pretty sure you have to be born with small claws to make your offspring have small claws because of DNA
@@clambus3233 but the one's born with smaller claws will survive and reproduce more because they aren't being harvested
@@clambus3233 Here in Germany we have the "Autobahn Schwalbe". A Bird thats nearby the Autobahn and literally has smaller wings and size because its faster when a car is approaching so cars are usually killing the bigger/slower birds and the smaller ones survive. I think thats similar to these crabs :D
@@clambus3233 That's evolution. Those ones won't have their claws snapped off, and will survive more than the ones with larger claws that do get snapped off. Ultimately, they will be the only ones left.
“I’ve only been bit maybe say.. 8 times in my career, popped over a million claws in my day.” 21st century declaration of crustacean mass murder
Kmh isn't lying, he's also a talented rapper
I've personally stabbed well over a million true cod in the head. If you hit the right spot, with enough swing, there's "pop" sound. A thick rope of blood comes flying out when you whip them aboard. It's a massacre. And it's a dangerous hard job feeding the world. Someone's gotta do it.
they didnt murder anyone, drunkard
@@whiskeyrebellion4390 feeding the world or making money
@@whiskeyrebellion4390 don't hide cruelty and greed for money in the curtains of feeding the world
Mr.Krabs probably sells his claws to the restaurant himself
lmfao
Don't mean to be picky, but... They're* Edit: I just realized I replied to the wrong comment. In my defense the person I was correcting used "their" wrong.
@@muffinblueberry that doesn't even make sense. He didn't use their, they're or there
@@muffinblueberry No offence but, get your grammar right.
Whoops! Replied to the wrong comment!
Imagine just growin ur claws back, ready to jump into the daily crab routine again then BOOM you get scooped up and your arms snapped off once more
Bro this shit lowkey wrong af 🤦🏾♂️
Not really how it works but I get you. It takes 3 years for the claw to grow back to harvestable again. It has some sort of a small claw in a few months.
@@juniorjay3240 highkey *😂
@@jondoe5305 we act like they don’t feel pain 😩 we boil them alive for taste. We are a fucked up species.
@@juniorjay3240 lmao
The two claw rule was a bad decision. Not only that, the price of the crab claws did not decrease when the two claw rule was made. It remained the same and continues to increase. These claws are delicious but the price has skyrocketed on the past twenty years. If you are lucky enough, you can simply catch them off of you dock.
It really is, and it’s sad because scientists have also tested that crabs feel pain, and they can remember pain, it’s pretty cruel to just rip it’s claws off, knowing that it can feel pain and remember it, my guess is that unfortunately, they don’t know that they can
@@mccatstar8028 only for some guy catching them a second time and cutting them.. again
yall are nerds 🤓
@@MatzyKun 🤣
Lies again? Major Master SC
I'm no animal rights activist, but that's a little inhumane, like Asia with shark fin soup.
No Judgment but i don’t understand why humans are so much finder of these than roaches
People eat shark fin thinking that has *health* benefit. Turned out it just another snake oil scheme. Poor shark
Why the hell is everyone tryin to sympathize with stupid animal.
@@chaitanyakatti463 you wanna keep eating then right?
@@doma4988 because they are tasty, simple as that.
"Imagine just going for a normal walk then suddenly some douche bag decided to take your arms."
Jax from mortal Kombat feels their pain 😂
Imagine you think you can stop all this with a comment 👨🏽🦲
In some countries. Albino arms and legs considered to bring luck and fortune. So you can see facts about albino people going for a normal walk and some guys attacking them and cutting their limbs and go.
But now imagine you can grow them back. It would be quite annoying but not near as bad. Lol
Shit not again
I gotta imagine once a grab reaches 12 years old he’s like, damn I gotta stop falling for those boxes of pigs feet at the bottom of the ocean
Lmfao
I mean they don't even live that long.
@@eloise7592 youd be surprised
@@bbrenew1938 they live for about 8 years, longer than most expect, yes, but not 12.
🤣
"The bodies must be returned to the ocean." *yeets* The Crab: WEEEEE
without both claws how are they gonna catch prey or fight? and they expect them to survive until it regrows ? 🙄
Crabs are mostly scavangers ya know?
@@blank666witheveryone It still has to lift scavenged to its face. tough with no arms maybe ya think?
@@percussion44 lift what? Do you know where is the crabs mouth?
@@blank666witheveryone What are you arguing against? The video itself showed the facts that a huge percentage of the crabs die when claws are taken compared to not taken.
Food is food ya ppl and what are you fighting for? The crabs life?????
Imagine how many times they had a brain fart and threw out the hands instead of the body
Lol
hahahaha
Oof
The sharks will have a good treat :)
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂
Damn, sucks to be the crab that loses both claws
I saw you on chopsticks video ?…
Yeah kinda messed up too.
heres fact they can regrow there hand when it been rip off like alot of days to grow it
@@soulmin8175 claws don’t grow overnight. This makes them vulnerable to the treat of potential predators as claws are necessary for protection against predators. Think of it as a human without arms in the middle of a rainforest, do you think there would be any chance of his survival without anyone’s aid? Same applies to crabs.
Totally agree, a crab without claws is like a human without arms, that too in the wild with a real threat of predators
Vast majority of those crabs don't survive passed 1-2 years. A video was just released talking about it. It's sad
But they do could reproduce in that timeframe right?
@@ilhamwicaksono5802 not likely to be able to fend off any competition. Plus, the video that talked about the study that was done discusses the fact that when they've had their claws removed - too much of their body resources goes towards trying to re-grow their claws and they actually can't/won't/don't/aren't able to. Really pathetic and sad
But they'll still be eaten by something in the environment, meaning no waste and still a better chance than a cow or pig
they have an atleast 10% survival rate livestock has 0% at mosy
They remove BOTH claws!? This is absurd
ur absurd
Greed ever heard? We cross every boundary to get it
So, this is what kids that used to pull limbs of insects do for a living when they grow up.
Richard Ramirez 😅
I’m in this comment and I don’t like it
I don't know why but this popped my laughter bubble XD
Yup, I remember pulling apart daddy long leg spider legs
i remember i used to rip the wings off of these small tan butterflies i used to catch at school ahhhh
"Hey Craddy what happened to your claw? " "Guys you'll never believe what happened to me, an Alien abducted me and took my arm" "Yeah right look at this nutjob"
LMAOO
next morning "good day la- goddamn I told you" "shup up harold"
@@toeseater2855 5 mins later "see' larry" "Harold go throw yourself in a sharks mouth"
This is the most psychotic shit i've ever seen
Yeah especially as theres some evidence that crabs feel pain.
It’s nature. Us eating animals is no different from animals from eating other animals which is for some reason ok.
@@ScxrchedOasis It's not the eating part that's fucked up. It's the ripping off the claws, then tossing them away like trash so they can maybe survive 18% of the time, just to have their claws ripped off again in a year or two. Ripping off both claws is stupid and fails the conservation goal anyway. 82% of them still die and become wasted possible food source. Either catch the whole crab and find a way to eat the non claw parts so nothing is wasted, while catching less so they don't become overfished, or use aquafarming and breed them in captivity, or rip off just one of the claws so they have a better survival rate.
@@ScxrchedOasis i cant stand the “its nature” argument. Natural doesn’t automatically mean morally correct. I mean you’re on youtube. How natural is anything about the human experience?
@@devina8812 I know it doesn’t mean morally correct. But still, the crabs can reproduce before dying and they could also have it worse by getting ripped apart by another animal, dying slowly.
Stone crabs are like the easiest crab in the world to catch. They’re so common that even lobster fishermen get them in bulk. You can actually go to the docks where the lobster boats come in and pay $1-3 each. This is a joke.
The way they yeets the crabs into the ocean just lmao
Remind me of how I yeet fetus
They removed their claws and there them back in the ocean. If i was a crab I would've died
0:40 crabs playing with each other is the most beautiful scene from this senseless video of harvesting their meat. A simple veggie beans spaghetti and a toasted hotdog buns can keep me full for half a day. Update. They should attach a camara to the crab to see how they get food and survive without their claws.
@@condorX2 bruh, they actually tryna cut each other
@@gilangnurjihadt.2210 You realize crabs have lvl 99 armor right?
imagine when someone rip both of your hand and release you in the wild, to survive for 3 years.
Exactly!
Not necessarily 3 years, since they said it takes them 3 years to grow big enough again to be harvested, it mos likely just takes them around s couple months to a year for the entire claw
Minecraft Hardcore mode
There is a distinct biological difference between humans and crabs (in case you didn't know) so you can't compare apples to oranges
NEED to OUTLAW THIS
I can imagine some of the crabs evolving asymmetrically sized claws so that they wouldn’t risk losing both claws to fishermen.
those exist already. fiddler crab
Idk what's the point of taking both claws and sending them back to water? They can't survive for that, they use claws to live, how do you expect them to feed themselves? Use some fork?
They dont use their claws to live. They are SCAVENGERS if you know what i mean. They can eat without claws and grow it back to normal so sending them off to the sea is a gamble. Sending them back to water is just a second chance or third or whatsoever it is for them to live. You are fckin OA.
@@blank666witheveryone Look, we have a fcking genius right here. Alright Mr. random things, look at the number from 1978-2019 for declawing crabs and how of those crabs survives? Get the fck outta here, you know nothing.
I love how the crabs are just beating the shit out of other in the box
One reason to go diving To see crabs beat up each other
crab mentality
Crabs are savages. They'll fight anything within range
Crab battle.
"Hey..." *cries* "Wanna have a last fight?" *sobs* - "Sure man... let's go" *crabs fight crying knowing that it's probably gonna be the last time*
How does it feed itself when both claws are removed? That claw isnt going to grow overnight. Seems like the system is defeating.
They make baby...
I kinda questioned that.
I was thinking the same thing
@@6700adam makes sense
@@6700adam unfortunately, probably not. With a lost claw, it detriments the ability to fend off potential predators, catch prey to feed and to compete against other crabs to mate. They may be able to survive is some cases, but definitely not easily. If a human looses an arm its not ideal, same for a crab
"Fishers can only harvest the claws, the bodies must be returned to the ocean" *yeets the sucker out of the boat* As if losing your only tool for defense wasn't humiliating enough 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Get a life lue sirs. Jobless blood soccers always pontificating.
those guys just throwing animals around like theyre trash is breaking my heart seriously.... i dont care if they "notice" or even have a feeling for it. but dudes pls have some respect to life.. gosh. its so sad how humanity lost their sensitivity to life. and if u love sensitivity to life u lost all ur dignity long ago.
I’m all for enjoying seafood, but it seems to me the most ethical practice would be to only break off 1 claw, so the crab still has use of its other claw for things like idk, eating? How tf is it gonna grab shit if it doesn’t have at least one claw
@@BGold_Animation Crabs don’t have nerve endings, they lose limbs to one another while fighting all the time, they’re made to break off at the joint, just like a gecko’s tail. And it causes the animal no pain
@@BGold_Animation it's not about ethics, it's about mitigating the effects off over harvesting that can endanger a species, if most of the demand is just for it's claws, it doesn't make sense to kill the crab.
Ah yes, killing them all is definitely more humane 👁👄👁
@@allaroundamazing7007 perhaps no physical pain, but what about the psychological damage?
@@Lord_Messiah_Disciple Psychological damage.....to a crab.....?
1:39 "Hey this is fair game, i lost my claw you lost your finger" -crab probably
The general seafood loving populus: "Yummy, especially with garlic butter!" The clawless stone crab: "I now need a community defense system"
Braking the claws of a crab and throw it back… nothing but cruelty!
That is how nature works get use to that
@@dewolf123 nature is cruel indeed, but who said we have to be?
@@sonofaquack6987 Um nature said so? I don't even get how this all started I mean unfortunately cruelty is usually every animal's nature including ours so it practically goes against nature to suppress so much ironically speaking. You could ask our ancestors why they have to be cruel and they'd say well because they didn't survive not being so, if they weren't you and I wouldn't exist probably.
@@dewolf123 yes but now in modern day we have the capacity to not turn back to the cruelty of nature or the instinct of man. If an ancestor came back to modern day and saw, say a vegan or a pet dog (one that doesn’t aid in anything like hunting), they would be amazed at the level of luxury we have, because now we have the luxury to be sympathetic and uncruel.
@@sonofaquack6987 You are not wrong there, it is quite amazing however with the big agriculture companies I wouldn't be too hopeful for animal cruelty free systems.
Most die without their claws as said in the video. System is way too stupid, just take the entire crab instead.
Exactly haha I bet their back fin meat is pretty good
@Alvaro2004 SPEDA what does being american have to do with anything? I mean sure there are a lot of wasteful people here, but c’mon, don’t generalize that much
@@MangoPuree we have stores that peel oranges and then put them in containers Hes not generalizing enough
@@denzellizasuain563 yes that's how you harvest oranges
Or don't buy them. We no longer eat them. if there is no market, then this market will dry up.
Bro they just chuck these crabs like footballs of course they die alot
you probably already know this but crabs can regrow there legs, also just throwing the crabs in the water wont kill them
doubt it. more likely they die because taking a claw means its tougher for them to feed, plus it takes a ton of energy to grow back those claws.
Crabs get slammed against rocks, sea floors, and coral their whole life. They're literally a r m o r e d. As far as they're concerned, that "chuck" is a light tap on the shoulder
What are you doing here Horizon? No sé si hablas español porque he visto tus videos, pero es bonito ver que youtubers dan su opinión sobre cosas y no memes c:
No. They use their claws to capture food and protect themselves. They won't die just because they were thrown into the ocean.
Its like aliens landing down, taking you to space, just to cut your arms off and drop you back off at home.
I have yet to hear from, much less see a stone crabber throw a crab back with a legal claw attached. If one claw is short they will toss it. I've worked on crab boats, talked to captains and it is a joke, and a myth that a crabber will only harvest one claw if they're are 2 legal ones. Just a flat out lie bc there is no way to enforce it and they know it. Given the opportunity, no fisherman will EVER throw back a legal anything. It is a useless regulation.
Get a life loo sirs. Jobless conghths sok hour blood and sit there and make life more life difficult.
The crab looked so healthy, then someone comes alone and snaps your claw off. Made me feel a bit sick.
they can grow back
Regeneration
Crabs regrow limbs quick. Other places would take both claws off and throw it back out where it would starve. Luckily these people leave one claw on so it can still defend itself, and get food. Later the crabs claw will regrow.
@@scorcher46 Thank you for telling me. I feel better knowing that. 😁
@@AndrewTan88 thank you 👍
I feel sad for the crabs that loses 2 claws. I mean, what else would they use to get food to eat or protect themselves? So of course losing claws is almost synonymous to death.
Losing anything that helps you to be alive, is a death sentence
Ok but there crabs who are dumb stupid un advanced brainlets
@@fatfish2066 Crabs aren't dumb though? They're sentient and if they were dumb we should send people like you down there too! Of course I'm joking, but you didn't even use correct grammar in that reply lmao.
@@mikoomaee9460 Very true, ALSO, it’s been scientifically tested that crabs can feel pain, and not only do they feel pain, but they will have a memory of that pain
@@fatfish2066 that’s relative they can still feel pain and discomfort. Using your logic you’d feel the same way about your own life and your families if an alien race more advanced than ours took over
Im just trying to figure out how the crab eats if you take both claws.
It has a mouth you tdoum count.
Pigs having their feet cut off Crabs having their arms ripped off Humans: We got it bad, we have bills to pay.
Imagine caring about crabs 🤡
@@stefanomillionairemarketin8975 Imagine aliens that see us dumber than rocks caring about us. If intelligience is all you care about for the sanctity of life, I bet you would execute and torture anyone mentally disabled if given the chance. Rather be a clown than the sick individual you are.
Crab:Yes it grew back!!! Gets pulled Crab:A shit here we go again.
Crabs: Humans: you have lost your claw privileges
Imagine you've just grow back your claws after 3 years and then you got caught again lol
From the taste stand point , stone crab claw doesn't taste that good. Dry and not much taste.
Rich people think shitty tastes good.
Huh, I thought the opposite. I thought it was a mild sweet and juicy. But maybe because where I’m from Dungeness crab is cheap and I eat it every season
@@richardchristy5408 maybe you live in the area when they are still fresh. By the time when they are sold in NY. It is dry and no taste.
Am I the only one feeling so disturbed watching dudes pulling claws from the crabs ALIVE?!?
I mean the alternative is kill every crab they intend to harvest and those statistics go to 100% mortality rate for harvestable crabs. Plus crabs drop their claws like some lizards do their tails, growing a new one within a few weeks.
@@fate3071 bro he means the crabs feel as their claws are being ripped apart from them then life their lives with no claws
@@vincently7339 like I said, they regrow their claws in a couple weeks. They aren't "living their lives" without claws.
No, they are not feeling pain, its like a lizard that cut it tails for self defense
@@deshawncarlisle3840 fax. Hell, when they wanna get away from a predator they cut off their claws anyway. Not to mention they cut it off if it’s injured. For their knowledge, they probably “think” we’re predators and that we got distracted by the arm. It becomes a problem when both the arms are removed
they just yeeted the crabs back to the ocean lmfao i cant-💀💀😭😭🤚🤚🤚
*yeet* the crab
The same probably is true for Shark’s fin, but for Sharks they certainly die(Not even a percentage, it’s basically 100%) losing their fins.
Yup that probably what's killing them
Evolution gonna take place where these crabs either will lose their claws permanently or have really small claws. I mean that what happens to elephants
Wow, much less crabs died when no claws were removed... who needed a study for that breakthrough
Imagine your claws just grew back to normal and then you get caught again by the same 3 guys
That crab was Hitler in a past life.
"These crabs have a mind of their own". Ya don't say
"these crabs have a mind of their own" ... Lmao he couldn't have heard himself
Who would’ve thought that removing a crabs defense mechanism would result in 84% of the ones returned dying…
Get a life lou sirs. Every second with that animal lover nun cens. Get a gob lou sirs.
“This is bad! They shouldn’t be doing this!” Forgets and continues to eat crab claws
Who honestly eats crab or lobster constantly
People who are addicted to crabs and lobsters
@@W58wfkjdcntejfd789 Based
Maybe they should make a law to eat every couple of years so they give enough time to repopulate
@@Norkeys tropical climate people
Damn, that man really just ripped off a claw with his hand!
Crabs can regrow their claws
CHAD MOVE
@@scorcher46 ya crabs need their claws to grab food, if they cant grab food they die
@@scorcher46 you think that makes it ok !!!
@Jordan Spencer claws r crabs hand without they die, crabs use claws to hold grab prey or taking bits of decompose animals and put it to their mouth . Crab cannot eat without claws.
The way they just sling those crabs back in the water is cracking me up
You're not the only thing that's cracking
Lmao I'm just imagining crabs chopping up a human into just a head and torso then throwing them back into their 9-5 job 😂😂💀💀
No shit most of them died almost 24hr after it got declawed, how are they gonna eat?
pretty sure the claws grow back after a while
@@archevenault she said 3years!!!
I'm pretty sure that they have tiny hands next to their mouths. They use them to pick food.
@@lemonsink7869 that's for grabbing food fragments, but they won't be able to grab their main food to get it close to the small clippers that you're talking about.
@@some.generic.username5254 she said it takes 3 years to re harvest again, not to grow back. So they gonna grow back pretty soon after they removed it
The really stupid thing is to believe this way of fishing is sustainable. That's just an oxymoron.
Alot more sustainable then killing the entire crab
@@IceKnight678 As a marine biologist (prior to turning to neuroscience), until we (as in fish biologists etc etc) managed to successfully artificially produce the myriad of seafoods we take from the oceans then the word "sustainable" is just a BS word to be thrown around by politicians and the like who have no understanding of what this really means. Don't get me wrong, i'm not slagging you or your comment but just really commenting upon another BS video about "sustainability" so that some businesses can justify some paperwork in order to keep afloat. Plus I'm also a seafood lover. So i'd rather come out and say we are pillaging like no tomorrow and we don't really care because this is the truth and then one need not tell any lies nor feel guilty at all. However, when we try to convince ourselves re the word "sustainability' then we are in the realms of fantasy land LOL. Just my take as an ex marine biologist.
@@BushCampingTools Ah, fair enough
Eat bugs kommie.
@@BushCampingTools Soooo. You were an observer?
"plucking these claws can be a dangerous process" *yeets mutilated crab not even looking*
Alternative title: the Rock Johnson’s pet crab gets his hand severed multiple times as his friends get yeeted into the ocean
Imagine getting ripped out of your home and then getting your arms ripped off
Why don't eat the whole crab? Since they're highly likely to die anyway...
Not if i pop em. They live 91%
I wouldn’t say highly it was just over 50% I think it said. But even if they did, the body isn’t in high demand or desire by people so it wouldn’t be worth it
Because meat, duh. Don't yum wun yet? Lol.
There is hardly any meat in the body and it is also illegal to take the whole crab, and if the claw is popped properly the membrane still remains on the joint and it will live to grown another claw.
The body have different taste
Mr. Krabs watching this - *"I thought I liked money"* 👁👄👁
omg they are so cute when they are running around trying to fight each other lol
Fisherman: "so what should we set as the legal size?" Government: "2 inches and seven eighths" Fisherman: "You know it'd be simpler to set it at thr- " Government: "I said 2 inches and seven eighths!".
2" 7/8? Is what understood im good? I hve no clue about american measures :v
@@pak3ton2 and 7/8 inches = 23/8 inches ~ 23/8*2,54 = 7,3 centimeters
@@eduardomalacarne9024 lol for me was 6.22 v: Edit: i did again and 7.3 i did the math wrong :v
Same reason why my sandwich costs $2.99 instead of $3
Why do Americans use fractions? I do live in America and I find fractions an absolute pain to work with.
Looks like the same amount of work to catch other crabs. Bait in trap, leave and pull out later.
Thats sounds like a trick my uncle used in me, ah, childhood
The only different things is they way they handle the crab. But fishing crab like this sure alot of works
@@ampunbangd4855 my ex-gf’s brother worked on a boat that caught stone crabs. He would come back home with busted up hands. Your hand can be cut up from the barnacles of get crushed by the stone crab claw. He once gave me a stone crab claw the size of my fist. That claw would have easily sold for $60+ at a restaurant, but he took it home at a discounted price.
The handling clearly makes it more difficult..
@@dinoflagella4185 well it's sure is alot of works bro, and the size of your fist?! that's alot of meat :0
Crab: "oh god have mercy!! Just kill me already!!" Fisherman aftdr harvesting the claws: * YEETS CRAB INTO OCEAN *
Armless crabs looking at each other like: 👁️➖👄➖👁️ 👁️➖👄➖👁️
Crabs are sorted quick in order for them to not suffocate yet they get tossed around like frisbees.
crab : this is fine
💀
Crab: im fine
It makes sense so they can reproduce even tho they are defenseless they can still reproduce that’s the main factor
In an alternate universe crabs fish for humans and rip our arms off before throwing back on land
how tf can they fend themselves or even feed without them claws
Why do you think the death rate is 80% with both claws taken.
Do you know what hiding is?
@@FloodExterminator and do crab knows what it is?
@@kaelthunderhoof5619 Bruh. Have you ever seen wild crabs? They like to hide under rocks.
@@FloodExterminator how to eat
I like how the fisherman had a favorite crab he ever caught
They literally popped off the claw from that crab like it was a Lego bionicle 😂
They must go through a lot of pain .. I mean the claw is just yanked off of their body
I don't care I'm gonna dive in there and catch one myself just to save the money 😂
Don't get ✂
Ok Eat ur crabs claws at jail:)
@@shukxin5636 why jail its only illegal if caught
I’ll go with
@@shukxin5636 ok weeber
that's like...almost all crabs die of losing even one claw.
Can cut the mortality rate in half if they would leave at least one claw
@@ajs4287 and now you gotta keep 4x as many to make a similar profit. So 2x as many crabs die when only one claw is harvested....
@@haydenmichelli3065 the price gone up so that will help
Hayden Michelli decrease supply without decreasing demand and the price will rise. Fishermen’s profit wouldn’t suffer, plus they would be ensuring there are more crabs in the years to come. Job security!
@@ajs4287the profit from 2 claws is barely more than the maintenance + cost to bait the traps. So you basically would spend more money to catch them than selling them. The prices that are already massive would skyrocket plummeting the demand causing hundreds of jobs to be lost.
Friends here is how an entire species goes extinct but humans never learn NEVER!
So if they remove the claws 86% will die. Why no just eat the whole crabs? This logic still doesn't make sense.
Why is it legal to rip both claws off, even if they're harvest size? Imagine someone ripped both arms off of you and expected you to make it in the wild, regardless if you were able to regrow them or not, that seems like a death sentence.
dog what??? do u not see what you’re saying? the crab is caught. it’s fate is sealed. claws ripped off. thrown back, chance to live. die? fish food
what difference does it make? I would love to imagine but I wouldn’t be able to as a crab
Because they are our food silly.
@@lessgetit4841 Cause they also want sustainability, which is pretty much what ripping both claws off prevents.
@@whiskeyrebellion4390 they are more than food
That's awful! The Crab has its arms ripped off, then flung through the air like a frisbee...
"That's a nice crab :)" *throws it off the boat*
Learned something new all the time!!!
2:37 Bruhh, they throw the crabs like frisbees lmao
It's not as bad as most people think. The primary reason the crabs die without their claws isn't because of starvation (they are bottom-feeders), but because they use their claws for self defense. I'm personally against harvesting both claws, but crabs are a lot more capable than most people think. Their claws grow back pretty quickly, they just aren't big enough to legally harvest for a couple of years. Biologists don't think that they experience pain either, so it doesn't physically hurt them. It just makes them a lot more vulnerable.
Then thieves do right on stealing ur money. U know, u can get more green stuff, with time.
@@theobserver2674money isn’t made to be stolen, claws popping off is a defense mechanism. Otherwise removing that claw they’d be dead before hitting the water, instead they just go back to doing crab stuff. Most crabs aren’t even preyed on until the molt regardless of claws.
This is horrible. Anyone who buys the claws is responsible for that cruelty.
"..while the bodies must be returned to the ocean.." Fishermen: *YEET*
The irony of using a severed foot to catch a creature in order to sever their foot
Hand
@@mr.unknown7138 claw
@@Quoteory on a crab, the claw is literally their hand
That's a hell of a coincidence lol
They use their claws to get thier foods and to protect them from predators. So It is not surprising if they wont survive without thier claws. ☹️
Imagine having both your arms plucked off by aliens and tossed back to earth
Imagine your a stone crab and you get pulled up by a boat and dude rips off your claws and yeets you back into the water like “later mane see u next year” 😂
"Can you feel it Mr Krabs?"
Crab, “ let’s pull his arms off and see what happens?” “Oh look, he can’t steer his boat!”
Love how he snaps it off a living crab. 👏👏 Respect for animals
Wish your mouths could be snapped off. Get a life animal lover lou sirs. Every second, like broken records.
It will live, don't worry, what's the big deal here? They are taking what they need and giving the crab a second chance at life, that's if they are strong enough to take it Personally I don't like the idea of partially using animals, bcuz u think it's wasteful and disrespectful to them
Every 3 years Crab: aw shit... here we go again