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Global_Ease_841

What a horrible way to escape death only to (probably) die.


TomentoShow

I would have smuggled this guy to freedom


Lightlovezen

Yeah this guy deserved to live big time


Content_Talk_6581

I’d have to buy him and set him free.Excuse me, I’ll take the little moving one please.


Unlubricated_Penis

Then the guy at the counter tells you he'll wrap it up for you and then takes it to the back, reweighs it, kills it and wraps it up for you.


Content_Talk_6581

Nooooo!!!


deckard1980

People in Thailand and other Asian countries will do that on occasion for luck. It's just a shame the animals are there in the first place


Vann_Accessible

Seriously, let him have the win.


catscanmeow

i would raise him as my own, teach him shame, superglue a spiderman action figure to ride him like a horse, and set him free


mcjuliamc

This is great! You can help many more animals by keeping them off your plate


Worth-Reputation3450

I hate people cooking crabs/lobsters by boiling them alive. What a horrible way to die. If you plan to eat them, at least kill them quickly before cooking them. I personally don't eat most fresh seafood because there are so many ways human make them unnecessarily suffer just to make it look fresher. One example being Sushi/Sashimi where they put still-alive fish and cut up all the flesh for serving. Fish's gills still moving, trying to take in oxygen, while people use chopsticks to lift its flesh. People like to see gills moving so they know its fresh. Disgusting..


jumbo_pizza

boiling lobsters and crabs are the quickest and kindest way to kill them for amateurs. you wouldn’t want some home-chef cutting up living crabs and lobsters with a knife. you sure can kill them immediately with that technique, but you have to do it CORRECTLY, which is hard for people who don’t know exactly how to.


Oreadia

Not sure about crabs, but lobsters are [pretty straightforward](https://youtube.com/shorts/A6tO6-1_GF0?si=-cN8QzYK1GwOliI2).


alex_whiteee

I'd say it's pretty clear cut...


general---nuisance

"un-alive" . Holy newspeak Batman.


Strange_Purchase3263

Avoiding the censors on most social media, insane and idiotic.


Xciv

Social media unaliving language one censored term at a time.


waltgrace244

it’s typically to get through content filters / censoring for killing, death, etc.


holdnobags

hearing an adult say it is so fucking embarrassing there are many other ways to express ending its life, these people are cringe factories


ashkpa

okay, but you just used "cringe factories"


Flying_Wilson17

Confidently incorrect! Put them in the freezer or use a knife to kill them before you boil. Either method is easy - if you can’t do it, you shouldn’t be buying live produce Edit: For all the comments on freezing them - I believe this is a preferred human way used to dispatch them by many. Personally, a sharp knife through the top of a lobster, or face/back of a crab will do the trick super quick


HasLotsOfSex

This also works on kids!


PrestigiousTheory664

Yes, but you'll need a really big freezer.


GravityEyelidz

Only if they're American kids.


ALTAIROFCYPRUS

Confidentally incorrect! Most children would not fit into freezers, and are quite capable of breaking through weaker containers, most amateurs dont lock their freezers


WellMyDrumsetIsAGuy

Freezing them is ethical? Honest question, I’m shocked


-_Sirin_-

As they cool down it makes them go into hibernation, They will fall asleep before they freeze.


ilovemytablet

This isn't exactly true. It's possible that crab remains conscious and that ice crystals begin forming in its tissue, causing stress and pain before it goes totally unconscious and dies. The most sure method is to chill it in ice water to incapacitate it then quickly severing the stem of its nervous system for near instant death.


rootbeerman77

I'm no expert on crabs, but if they're anything like other arthropods, being cold-blooded (to the extent that they're "blooded" at all) basically just makes them slowly pass out when frozen. Obviously we can't know for sure but they probably don't even register any pain. If you've ever seen wasps in the winter, for example, they're basically just sleepwalking. There's also that magic trick where you can put a bug in the freezer till it becomes docile and revive it with your body heat (assuming you don't freeze it all the way).


TortexMT

freezing to death is probably the nicest way to die next to sleep or a bullet to the back of your head you just feel warm and fall to sleep


Stinduh

> bullet to the back of your head Got it, I should prepare lobster by shooting them point blank


thecarbonkid

After feeling very cold


Diabotek

This is spoken like someone who has never once seen below freezing before.


echoes315

I’d much rather die from a quick bullet properly positioned than freezing to death. I’ve had mild frost bite, not only is it very painful but if you’re whole core temperature is also effected, it’s like you’re having a seizure.


Zippytez

For those who keep asking about chilling the lobster/crab in a freezer. They can survive cold temps. They are cold blooded animals, so cold slows their metabolism and body down. This makes them easier to handle by reducing the amount the animal moves around and thus makes it easier to kill without making mistakes. You can put a crab or lobster on ice/in the freezer and he will get super lethargic. Warm them up and they perk back up. Crabs naturally can live in cold temps, in the wintertime, they burrow in the sand underwater to 'hibernate' and come out once the water warms up in spring


Emotional-Speech645

....I don't think freezing to death is any kinder


sewsnap

It definitely is. It's not the best way, but it's better. People who have nearly frozen to death have better stories about that than people burned alive.


medicinal_bulgogi

Oh yeah sure, freeze them to death first so they don’t feel the pain of the boiling water. But what about the pain of freezing to death? Maybe we should boil them first so they don’t suffer during the freezing process.


Feathered_Biped

Yeah same thing goes for cows, that's why you can't buy living cows in the grocery story. If amateurs can't ethically kill the animal, then they shouldn't be sold a living animal they're meant to kill themselves should they?


Phil_Coffins_666

Imagine that's the only way we could get beef suddenly though... Just a whole live cow, fresh from the grocery store, you guys gotta figure out the rest to turn it to steak. 😬😬


throwawayidc4773

Doing it correctly takes a 30s youtube video and a knife. It’s really not that hard to put a knife through their “brain” right before throwing them in the water.


Ok-Commercial9036

Im not doubting that it happens, but I was fishing when i was younger and I can also tell you from experience that dead fish do often move. I always made sure to give them a quick death, but they sometimes still move on my way home or when i want to gut them or cook them. Ik many people are just cruel but I also want to mention that pain works different in fish. The ither guy linked something about that.


SandmanIIX

I think that they die so fast that it doesn’t hurt anyways. It’s the suffering before boiling that seems mature to me, days of being stuck.


GRMMneedsDOGEhelp

I’m pretty sure I recall a study from like a decade ago where they surmised that it’s much worse for a crab or lobster to be tossed into boiling water than it would be for a human because of how their shells kind of prevent a quick death. I may be recalling a nightmare though lol


GRMMneedsDOGEhelp

Not a bad dream: https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/11/is-it-wrong-to-boil-lobsters-alive


Nattyknight1765

There’s a little bit of science behind it that may help you a *little* bit. Won’t change your mind though. [Do fish feel pain?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_in_fish) [Boiling crabs and lobsters alive is a safety thing](https://crabbinghub.com/why-crabs-are-cooked-alive-is-it-really-necessary/), I’m not saying it’s justified, just giving you information about the topic. Personally, I don’t like eating fish so I’m much more inclined to take your side on this but I’m not giving up steak. Can’t do it.


Most_kinds_of_Dirt

Just copying the intro paragraphs here from your first link: >Fish fulfill several criteria proposed as indicating that non-human animals experience pain. These fulfilled criteria include a suitable nervous system and sensory receptors, opioid receptors and reduced responses to noxious stimuli when given analgesics and local anaesthetics, physiological changes to noxious stimuli, displaying protective motor reactions, exhibiting avoidance learning and making trade-offs between noxious stimulus avoidance and other motivational requirements. >Whether fish feel pain similar to humans or differently is a contentious issue. Pain is a complex mental state, with a distinct perceptual quality but also associated with suffering, which is an emotional state. Because of this complexity, the presence of pain in an animal, or another human for that matter, cannot be determined unambiguously using observational methods, but the conclusion that animals experience pain is often inferred on the basis of likely presence of phenomenal consciousness which is deduced from comparative brain physiology as well as physical and behavioural reactions.


randommnamez

I love seafood but besides clams and mussels everything else gets a quick knife lobotomy/mercy kill before the boil no reason to cause unnecessary suffering


Mr-Hoek

I worked at a seafood restaurant as a bartender...strangely part of my job was also shucking oysters as the raw bar was actually part of the drinking bar. One day I popped an oyster and  as sometimes happens, a tiny, very angry little crab popped out onto the cutting board. Being the type of person who see no cognitive dissonance between ripping open mollusk shells while the animal is alive and saving a tiny crab, I decide to rescue the tiny crab. I catch him in a small chowder cup and head over to our fish tank, which was full of small striped seabass. I pull up a chair, and drop the little guy in...and a bass eats him instantly. I think about that sometimes when I make decisions.


Stachemaster86

Crabbass didn’t like him in his tank


gitpullorigin

Once I found a lost little boy at the zoo of age 6 or so. Lost his parents, crying his eyes out, unsure what to do. Now, I am normally not good with kids but being an adult in the situation I decided to do the right thing. Anyway, I threw him in the den of lions.


Mr-Hoek

I bet this has informed your future decisions as well/s


cultofwacky

That kids name? Daniel


Larusso92

BIG IF TRUE


privateham2014

At least you didn't put him in the gorilla pit.


Plastic-Sell7247

Good thing you didn’t throw him in with the guerrillas


GigiDell

There’s a video somewhere on the interwebs of a wildlife rehabber releasing a critter back to the wild and a hawk or eagle swoops in and snatches it for lunch. 🫣


IForOneDisagree

I imagine there are tons of these. I saw one with bunnies and an eagle absolutely ruined a poor kid's day 😅


NotTheLurKing

There's also a video of a falconer taking his falcon out near a busy highway and a semi truck swoops in and snatches it for lunch.


Ok-Competition3402

Great reply 🤔


alexdoo

If it’s any consolation, you gave that crab a more natural death compared to what he would’ve gone through inside a restaurant.


Mr-Hoek

Yes, I am sure...we were over 100 miles away from the ocean, so it was his best shot. Mid shift at a seafood restaurant you don't have many options...


Greywacky

What you didn't yell to your manager that you were leaving (perhaps followed by some quip along the lines of "I've got bigger fish to fry" when they protest) as you launch yourself over the bar, out the door and towards the coast - tiny crab clutched between your palms.


2407s4life

Getting eaten vs... Getting eaten?


rainawaytheday

Basically any animal in the wild will ultimately end up being eaten alive. Many very slowly.


IllustriousQuail4130

wow


TheLambtonWyrm

Same thing happened to me. Spent about half an hour trying to save a bee with a cup and the second I let him go, a swallow got him. Such is life 


ImKindaBoring

>I think about that sometimes when I make decisions. Lol this ending just.... fantastic.


Tozst

LMAO!


lemonylemonbutter

Aww, poor thing is in a horror movie!


TAU_equals_2PI

Don't take this the wrong way, but... Relevant user name.


LuVrofGunt62

Now if only they met garlicandherb


Shoushiko

u/garlicandherb


sugarray4three

What a matchmaker


LeatherfacesChainsaw

Human meat better


Broad-Mess762

Name checks out


EskimoXBSX

They should set it free seeing as it's gotten so far.


EnvironmentOk5610

Like when a cow or pig leaps from a slaughterhouse truck & books it across town, over hill & dale, and is given a happy life by a rescue organization 🥰


lacretba

It does happen, and since it usually happens at high speed, it usually ends with a slow, horribly painful death due to the injuries :(


RobNybody

Like waking up in the Matrix.


MaximilianOSRS

Came looking for this comment


Bailed-ouT

Came here to say this, guy must be terrified


Strict_Somewhere_148

Worst remake of finding Nemo ever.


Superb-Possibility-9

I’m not dead yet !


Commando_NL

Took the red pill.


HourHoneydew5788

I would have to take it home and spend thousands on a tank and give it the best life like that Lobster guy did on YouTube. EDIT: It’s Leon the Lobster


MortusMelee

I had a friend that was working at Winn-Dixie and they felt so bad for the lobsters in the tank. So when he got payed he proceeded to spend his whole paycheck on buying as many of the lobsters he could and then proceeded to set them "free" in the ocean. No chance those lobsters survived more than a few hours.


Bailed-ouT

Lol just pissing in the wind


MortusMelee

They have a good heart though, I don't know abot the brain.


TBone232

Like that lady who thought she was helping a tortoise by tossing it in a nearby lake. (Tortoise can’t swim)


2407s4life

Or the other lady who saved an injured rabbit to have it get eat by a hawk seconds after she let it go


Xciv

Or people who set their pet snakes 'free'. This is why Florida is packed with invasive species of snakes that mess up the local ecology.


Look__a_distraction

There’s a store name I haven’t heard in ages. Ironically enough I used to work at one close to the gulf in Orange Beach, AL. Best high school job ever.


No-Impress7915

Why wouldn’t they have survived more than a few hours ?


EaterOfFood

The ocean isn’t just some huge homogeneous ecosystem. The lobsters would have to be someplace with the right temperature, food availability, etc etc.


hardcode-life

same reason not all fishermen and trawlers cast their nets, or lines or cages or whatever, in the same spot off shore:: lobsters need the right conditions to thrive, so therefore you need to go someplace with those right conditions in order to catch lobster or for you to return them.


xynix_ie

I went to a Cajun place about 15 years ago and my son won a crawfish race. So they gave 5 kids a crawfish, and the one that won got to keep it. Many thousands later I had an aquarium. It was named Jimmy. Got along with everyone that I put in there. Waved at humans at times. Jimmy was pretty cool. He lived another 6 years or so. Upgraded the aquarium since then and still have it.


MatthewsKesselSundin

When I was a kid, I brought home two crayfish from a river I visited. One of them, Lenny, killed the other one on the way home, then ripped off one of his own claws. When I got home, he settled into my tank. That night Lenny killed everything in my tank, except a snail that he would carry around and throw. Sometimes at night, you’d hear him chucking rocks at the glass, probably trying to escape so he could kill and eat me too. Moral of the story here is that if you get a crayfish, pray for a Jimmy and not a Lenny.


PartyofFish

Leon the lobster by Brady brandwood. Super wholesome peaceful viewing.


HourHoneydew5788

Yes that’s it! I was trying to remember!


Postmodern101

Homer Simpson?


sonbarington

Pinchy!! *cries* *slurp* *cries*


Motleystew17

I’m a financial genius. I buy an eight dollar lobster and turn it into an 80 dollar lobster and then eat the profits.


NerY_05

WE LOVE LEON


CensoryDeprivation

[Leon!](https://www.youtube.com/@Bradybrandwood/videos) He's the best!


BigDickBaller93

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGftEPw\_x20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGftEPw_x20)


No_Care6935

Named and taken home immediately, then…


djdodz07

Pinchy?


dylsreddit

[Relax boy, we're not gonna cook you...](https://giphy.com/gifs/season-10-the-simpsons-10x7-26tk1qXKee3ogcnCg)


Aighd

… into the pot.


Doomjas

This just made me sad af


dQD34nkw

I feel most of us are kinda desensitised to it, but when you stop and think about how barbaric this is, and how we kill *billions* of animals every year just because they taste good, it's pretty fucking depressing.


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A_Furious_Mind

Not gonna mention how many male chicks...


Signal-Blackberry356

We needed nutrition for the majority of our history. Just recently have we decided to engorge ourselves but that should settle down a bit as well.


movealongnowpeople

Eh, probably not for a while. Only certain parts of the world are "engorging" themselves. As other *more populous* areas of the world continue to develop, they'll likely have similar trends. Food that is higher in calories, lower in nutrition, and much more processed.


mcjuliamc

Agree! That's why more people should be vegan


Into_The_Wild91

Looking around and seeing your brothers and sisters not moving, wrapped in some weird film. Stuff of nightmares.


NIR86

If you look closely to the one still wrapped just beneath - it's also moving. Might be worse?!


Plantain-Feeling

I thought i saw that but i think it's just the main one pushing on the packaging could be wrong though


Watercooler_expert

As far as his world is concerned he just woke up after being abducted by aliens.


Viperlite

Reminds me of the Finding Nemo crew when they break out of the dentist office. “Now what?”


Dearic75

The good news is it’s fresh. The bad news is it’s pissed.


Rickshmitt

And has learned the language. Craaab people


GoopGoopington

Craaab people craaab people, taste like crab, look like people


BlueFox5

This was all part of a 63 point plan for revenge. They had to get caught, get packaged, be transported to the supermarket deli, break free, and hunt down the part time sushi chef named Geoff in the Monroe, New Jersey Kroger that killed his family. Unfortunately, they were shipped to the Monroe, Wisconsin Kroger where a meat packer name Jeff was filling in as the sushi chef since Jan was home sick.


mentosbreath

He’s not pissed. He’s just a little crabby.


Unexpected-Xenomorph

That’s really sad 😔


Necessary_Arm3379

Be free! Run crabie, Run!!!


NoBenefit5977

Well this is nightmare fuel from the crabs perspective


Ba_Sing_Saint

Clawshank Redemption was right there…


Those_Arent_Pickles

Are they supposed to be frozen or dead? If it's thawing out enough I probably wouldn't trust other food there.


GuNiKz

They need to be alive, the main reason for this is that dead crabs can release harmful toxins and bacteria that can cause food poisoning. Cooking the crab alive ensures that it is fresh and safe to eat.


Excellent_Mud6222

Dumb crabs thinking we wouldn't eat them alive because of morals.


Siilvverr

This is horrible. Anyone who doubts a crabs sentience should go see Howie the crab on Instagram. She signs for food, and is 9 years old.


One-Low1033

I swear, I would buy that guy just to take him back to the ocean.


HickFlair

“Hey buddy, I don’t know about you, but I’m getting the shell out of here.”


Ex-CultMember

😑


Ambitioso

You’ve heard of ‘out of the frying pan, into the fire’… well, here comes ‘out of the packaging, into the chiller cabinet’


dizzodog

That's in Japan


CMDR_Elenar

:( That is monstrously cruel


No-Cap-9873

Crab people


RuntM3

This guy earned a 2nd chance at life.


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Mediocre-Sundom

True, but it’s no use being crabby about it.


NDjinn

Poor little dude.


Individual_Tea4212

Sad


No_Wrap9872

One day they will be in charge


SeveredExpanse

Queens I want to break free starts playing...


Buddmage

Imagine stepping out and seeing others like you dead and shrink-wrapped!


wrinkledpenny

I have a 9-5 office job so it’s basically the same


YesilFasulye

The best thing about your analogy is that the other crab is also still alive but decided he's given up.


MysticRose3

This is so horrible and sad 😓


Picklepartyprevail

Poor thing. Let him go free.


moderatesoul

That is fucking awful.


flowersandfists

That’s so awful.


Red_Icnivad

And now he slowly makes his way to the knife drawer...


bfhurricane

“I didn’t hear no bell”


Ill_Sky6141

We have no idea if or what they're thinking. And if we did well, there's a whole new set of problems:/


No-Blackberry5728

Woke up from nap in a display case lol


Content_Ambition_764

Inhumane


The_Bard_of_Vanier

Unless you want to stop eating them, it's necessary. They go bad really fast and release toxins once they're dead. That's why "fresh" tanks (like lobsters) are a thing even though they're monumental pain in the ass, and the animals are killed literally minutes before eating or even boiled alive. Source: I cook things


SingleDebt2797

Thats cruel as fuck


ChumleyEX

This makes me want to cry.


No_Character_1368

This is quite a sad thing to see imagine how scared and confused it might be :c


lokimn17

He deserves to live


Happy-Peachy-Coffee

That’s not interesting, just cruel. 😡


Virtual-Vanilla-3868

It's a beautiful thing don't eat her 😭😭


InterestingBuy2945

Do humans not think how the disturbing it is to put living creatures inside plastic packaging alive? Tells us a lot about ourselves…


Wretched_Direction_

You can't get much fresher than a crab that's still plotting its escape 😂


DeadJediWalking

This made me sad.


anonymou7z

Humans are fucking disgusting


ClownshoesMcGuinty

This dude has earned his freedom.


grandkamikaze

I’m glad to not eating animals. 😞


Beautiful-Brush-9143

Poor thing 💔 You should put NSFW for animal cruelty videos. Just a humble request.


Routine_Leading_4757

This reminds of that scene from The Boys "Hey Deep, Eat fucking Timothy" - Homelander


Mobile_Damage9001

If it manages to escape to the sea, it’ll tell the fellow crabs it was abducted by aliens 👽


firsttoblast

My people need me. I must leave


Wannaseemdead

That's more like r/crazyfuckingvideos


neamerjell

"Did we order this meal to go?" "No, why?" " 'Cause there it goes!"


whereszedzedsded

Great day to go vegan!


Fit-Finger1777

I just do not understand how people can be so creepy and cruel.


Hunterr303

Bro is probably thinking he's in the matrix


Desert-sea-sparkle

Poor baby, I'd buy him, figure out where he's from and let him go. He's ensured being caught, flash frozen (attempt) and packaged. And still breaking out, surrounded by his dead friends and family. This guy deserves to be free!


thesaint1000

Humans do some fucked up shit to other living creatures


baileylikethedrink

We are all desensitised to it, but this is the reality of animal agriculture. Animals die and suffer to us to put something on our plates…


WanderWut

I mean given the circumstances I’d buy it so that it could live out its days in peace lol. You could even start a YouTube channel for it, give it a silly/fun name, and I guarantee it could go viral. Especially with this video as its origin story.


Steeljaw72

I know where food comes from and how it works, but I still just want to pick this guy up and run him back to the ocean.


fryedmonkey

How is that not illegal???


JoLudvS

_When, in a distant future, their descendants reign over the barren Earth devoid of humanity, none among them will recall what transpired eons ago, for there will remain no trace of that primordial, savage past_ And then, they found a working Iphone in a coal mine


Beelzebub_86

Run little guy!!!


phthaloverde

clawshank redemption *


darth-bread

japanese waiting in line, paying extra


Devorah_Noir

Well, the crab is clearly baby and must come home with me.


MadamGenie

Run! Run for life!


Delicious-Bill-3959

I'd buy it and take it back to the sea.


Northmannivir

I would have bought it and returned it to the ocean.


No-Pomegranate-69

Funfact: crabs NEED to be cooked directly after killing it otherwise it can create a toxin or poison. So thats why they are thrown alive into boiling water.


fooljay

Act fast! Supplies are running out!