# And now, an octopus frightening a crab. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720 "2015-02-26T22:05:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/1 "2015-02-26T22:05:57Z")
[Enjoy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar5WJrQik2o). ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/2 "2015-02-26T22:13:08Z")
…have any [repercussions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LlAi8ygeMI') been reported? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/3 "2015-02-26T23:23:33Z")
Isn’t that just another reason to not visit Australia? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/4 "2015-02-26T23:29:53Z")
No need. Australia already capped it with spiders the size of a Corolla that do the same thing to schoolchildren. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/5 "2015-02-26T23:31:00Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > that do the same thing to schoolchildren. …and careless adults. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/6 "2015-02-26T23:37:37Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > …and careless adults. Are those the ones who go out without bringing along a child sacrifice? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/7 "2015-02-26T23:44:39Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Are those the ones who go out without bringing along a child sacrifice? Pruned-out old men and women who can’t see at noon with high-beams on work too. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/8 "2015-02-27T16:01:22Z")
I wouldn’t have watched that if I knew the Octopus caught the crab. I thought it was more like, crab sees Octopus and jumps. Poor crabby. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/9 "2015-02-27T16:33:25Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > …and careless adults. And helicopters… :eek: [http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image\_cache/1392718442159344.jpg](http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image_cache/1392718442159344.jpg) Regards, -Bouncer- ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/10 "2015-02-27T16:53:11Z")
Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s going to give me nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/11 "2015-02-27T17:01:33Z")
The octopus is quite a badass. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/12 "2015-02-27T19:26:31Z")
> [@Bouncer](#): > > And helicopters… :eek: > > [http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image\_cache/1392718442159344.jpg](http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image_cache/1392718442159344.jpg) > > Regards, > -Bouncer- Do you know if it ended badly? With that much weight, that far from the CG of the helio it could be nasty… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/13 "2015-02-28T23:19:41Z")
New from the makers of _Sharknado_, it is _HeliCHOMPter_. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/14 "2015-02-28T23:35:41Z")
Oh. No, I was fine with them as long as they stayed in the water. This is not cool. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/15 "2015-03-01T09:30:53Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Oh. No, I was fine with them as long as they stayed in the water. This is not cool. I dunno. Given the size of certain crabs–crabs who are evidently totally cool with coming out of the water and waltzing around on land (see [item #9](http://www.cracked.com/article_16556_15-images-you-wont-believe-arent-photoshopped.html))–we may need to think about enticing some of the larger octopodes onto the dry land. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/16 "2015-03-01T10:00:24Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > New from the makers of _Sharknado_, it is _HeliCHOMPter_. Nah, Sharks On a Chopper: “I have had it with this mothereffing sharks on this mothereffing chopper!” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/17 "2015-03-01T13:26:50Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Oh. No, I was fine with them as long as they stayed in the water. This is not cool. In all fairness . . . they were fine with us as long as we stayed on the land. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/18 "2015-03-01T14:15:41Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > Poor crabby. ☹ Poor _yummy_ crab! That one would make a big crabmeat sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/19 "2015-03-01T20:42:08Z")
I just wanna see Drop Bear vs. Landoctopus on the next installment of ‘Oz Attacks’. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720/20 "2015-03-01T21:57:32Z")
OP, why did you call this Octopus “frightens” crab? Certainly the crab was frightened but surely this headline buried the lede in a pretty big way? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-an-octopus-frightening-a-crab/713720.md?page=2)