Giant Crabs Take Your City, but You Know the One Way to Stop Them

one day all the crabs disappeared people searched in the seas oceans lakes rivers rainforests not a single live crab only old shells crabs shed or molt several times during their life their body keeps growing but their shell doesn't so they throw off their old suit and hide they sit there in silence until their new one grows but why did every single crab molt on the same day where are they hiding six months later sweet says an old fisherman and pulls on his fishing rod he's out on his boat catching fish in the atlantic the rod hasn't moved for an hour but now it's latched onto something big the fisherman pulls the rod with all his strength then the joy on his face turns to fear a giant crab claw shoots out of the water and snips the fishing line a second claw appears and crushes the boat in half with one pinch just then a cargo ship sails by and scares the monster away some sailors pull the fishermen on deck and he looks down overboard a huge crab the size of a car is swimming around its claw shoots out again and grubs onto the ship's metal hull the screeching of metal is insane the captain signals full speed ahead and with a jewel the crab's colossal claw comes loose the ship sails to the shore on a low and mysterious tide there's a strange vibration on shore the sand begins to sink in on itself and form funnels humongous crabs crawl out there are hundreds thousands of them and they're all heading for the water panic strikes and people scream and run inland while they flee some people video the madness it goes viral but they're not alone people everywhere are coming face to face with these monsters no one knows what's going on crabs dig burrows when they mold deep down in the sand they're protected from predators and bad weather this time something weird happened they hid way deeper than ever before so they had more time to grow for six months they've been sitting and waiting for their new shell to grow now they're out and they only want one thing food most crabs eat fish alive and not snails and even other crabs anything that gets in their way they love fights and are naturally aggressive but now that they're massive small shellfish and algae are just not enough a big fish would be delicious but they can't catch them because crabs don't swim well but on land they move pretty quickly the big fish are safe but what about the rest of us one day later thousands of eyes come out of the water like a thousand submarine periscopes crabs have excellent vision and they can spot a potential meal from far away their eyes can distinguish between houses and moving objects cars and people thousands of pairs of sharp snapping claws emerge from the water and head for the city there's chaos on the street crabs are running around cutting down electric poles overturning cars and smashing glass everyone rushes off the street and heads for a narrow alley a crab cuts off their escape it eyes its prey but it looks like the alley is too narrow the people are safe not the crab turns sideways and squeezes into the alley it's hungry and it starts snapping its claws they're blocked in on all sides the crabs are everywhere the only way is up people scramble up the fire escape to the roof the crabs try to follow but everything they grab onto trees even the metal fire escape crutches under their enormous weight the crabs are left looking up hungry up on the roof people watch as crabs destroy their city humans hunker down in their homes but that doesn't stop the crabs they break down doors and walls everyone gathers on the roofs looking up to the sky for help helicopters finally arrive and evacuate the city huge crabs bring huge problems to christmas island it's in the waters between indonesia and australia the islanders pack their bags drive to the pier and leave the island they're pretty scared but also a bit confused once the last human's gone the island gets quiet but there still aren't any crabs what's going on the sky is overcast and it starts to rain heavily as soon as the first drop hits the ground a tiny vibration shoots across the land the rain forest in the middle of the island starts to change shape trees fall and the earth shakes but this is not an earthquake it's worse giant red crabs poke their heads out not hundreds not thousands but tens of millions these crabs migrate every year from the rain forest to the coast of the indian ocean to breed even at normal size the crabs cover the roads they look like a long red river the migration lasts about three weeks but now that these crabs are so big they cover almost half the island they demolish trees cars houses everything in their path then just like that they disappear into the indian ocean it looks like a typhoon swept over the whole island crab hunters appear all over the world they trap the monsters and tame them but no people don't use crabs as pets they sit on them and joust in the middle ages two knights with spears would ride on horseback and charge at each other now there are crab tournaments super-sized crabs instead of horses and claws instead of spears the strongest crabs live on the tropical islands in the indian and pacific oceans coconut crabs they don't need much water they mostly live in forests and their claws are the strongest of any crab the only thing that comes close is the awesome power of an alligator bike try to split a coconut you'll need a hammer maybe some other tools these crabs do it with their claws and that's when they were regular size now they can chop a palm tree in two without breaking a sweat but there is some good news out there japan is home to some useful crabs spider crabs the largest in the world their normal size is about 12 feet from claw to claw about the length of a car their long legs make them look like spiders there's not a lot of animals out there who would want to go up against such a large crab these new spider crabs are five stories tall and they take steps 10 feet long the really cool thing is that these crabs can live up to 100 years even better they're not aggressive these big friendly giants mostly eat plants and they're tame to ride kind of like riding an epic sized camel now the crabs don't have any competitors or enemies their population starts to explode they take over the planet humans are helpless their strong shells protect them from danger and their sharp claws mean business cities put up gargantuan walls to protect themselves and scientists try desperately to figure out a solution crabs don't only live near the shore they live in forests rivers lakes almost anywhere there's moisture it's hard enough to fend off one giant crab let alone hundreds people start to head for the safety of large dry deserts it's hard to survive humans need food and water just like the huge crabs crabs are taking over everything humans don't have the resources to stop them it seems like all hopes lost but just then they remember there's no need for scientists and inventors there's an old fisherman's trick that might just be the key to controlling the crabs it's called a crabs bucket or crab trap if you put a bunch of crabs into one bucket they won't be able to get out by instinct they start to interfere with each other one crab climbs up but the other crabs grab it and pull it back down doesn't have to be a bucket the traps can be all kinds of shapes funnel cube even pyramid shape and that's what people decided to do they dig deep ditches all over the world and line them with concrete so that the monster crabs can't dig their way out then they lure the crabs in with some tasty fish and seaweed once the crabs go in they're trapped for good victory and soon down at supermarkets all over the world there's a special sale on fresh crab hey don't forget the seafood sauce

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Length: 9min 10sec (550 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 08 2020