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Invasion of the Giant Crabs
Giant animals colonizing the "Antarctic abyss" may sound like a plot out of a blockbuster horror movie. But scientists say this phenomenon is now actually happening. According to a report published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, large crabs stretching almost a meter wide have invaded the edge of the Antarctic, destroying ecosystems that took millions of years to build.
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Going to take a lot of rope to get the crab pots down there!!
Don't forget the lemons either.
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Well,
Its always fun to remind folks that when eating crab and lobster you are basically eating sea insects. Hell Aussies even callem bugs. Next if you look at the video what environment are they talking about its simply barren ocean bottom. I guess its going to be, "Save the Microbes" next. Thorack
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Giant crabs.Yeah I had that problem once...Doctor gave
me some stuff that chased 'em off.
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The ecosystem changes in some underwater ditch and we're all supposed to give a shit?
Yeah, I'm totally parking my car because some plankton is getting eaten by crabs. Local woman kills crabs as a full time job. http://www.washingtonpost.com/gIQA3lpTJJ_story.html
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I mean...if theres more of 'em now,wont that pass the savings onto us crabeaters? Thats better right? Feeds more people at a lower cost? I sure as shit arent eating any frickin plantton...but I've eaten a crab or two in my time. See? Buddha provides...
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I think the problem is just a bit worse than reported!
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Jellyfish have already evolved out of the ocean.
They are among us everyday...they're called liberals.
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And now for even more....
Giant snails have Florida on search-and-destroy mission Non-native species eats 500 types of plants — and can cause meningitis in humans http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44554988...s-environment/
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My radiator broke. I blame Algore for inventing global warming.
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Those're king crabs, you eat them when you go to a fancy restaurant. We have'em here only 100 miles from where I live. Got Butter? Oh yeah.
4300 feet isn't "the abyss". If you look at the old National Geographics or the encyclopedia (remember those), the abyss refers to the Abyssal Plain whose average depth is 11k-15k deep. Looks like the Palmer Deep is a hole in the Antarctic Shelf.
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VietNamNet Bridge – A strange kind of snail has appeared on the Thi Vai River, which nibble shrimp and fish on the river. While local residents say they have never seen this kind of snail before, experts say it is not a strange species, but cannot say exactly what kind the snail is.
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Maybe some Crab and Whale Sushi?
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Hey! Its the Professor from Gilligan's Island!
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Thats nothing we have a herpes infected monkey still on the lose in Ohio.
http://www.lugaluda.com/muskingum-co...-on-the-loose/ Really this was in the papers.
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all this included with NASA's finding that our cloud ceiling is lowering.
http://iceagenow.info/2012/02/cloud-...lobal-cooling/
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Herpes is the generic name for a group of related viruses, the type found in Macaque monkeys isn't the same as the one the causes cold sores and genital herpes in humans. In humans the macaque strain attacks the central nervous system and has something like a 75% mortality rate.
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I think some people need to make a decision - let nature run its course, or constantly interfere.
Maybe the invasion of one specie and the extinction of another is hte natural course of things? Maybe the California condor is SUPPOSED to go extinct because it is stupid and too big for the changing environment? Interfering to "save" a specie is still interfering.
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My son, who lives in Laguna Beach, CA, tells me that there is an untold number "escargot" snails everywhere out there. The French imported them here to try to develop a market for Americans to enjoy that fancy French dish but it never took. The snails got loose and now they are available for the picking. Mmmmmmmm........snails.
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I hereby decree from this day forward that anything found, discovered, invented, lost, broken or altered in any way shall be deemed to have been caused by global climate change. those that do not agree will be considered ignorant gun toting bible clinging right wing science denying haters.
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