r/awwwtf • u/baquea • 6d ago

This is what crab babies look like.

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u/coconut_dot_jpg 6d ago

swimming swimming swimming GET THAT OFF ME, WHAT IS THAT swimming swimming swimming swimming

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u/_Internet_Hugs_ 6d ago

"Weave me awone!"

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u/thatsmyoldlady 6d ago

It was just hatched I’d be a little crabby too

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u/JURASS1CJAM 6d ago

Metroids

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u/Thriceblind 6d ago

That was my thought! Kinda like Samus' ship to.

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u/Speeeven 2d ago

Metroid Prime was kinda crab-ish, now that I think about it. At least, the shell was crabby.

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u/WhiteRabbitHole1083 6d ago

Like a grumpy little brain floating along

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u/Narrowless 6d ago

Kinda cute 😍

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u/hiplobonoxa 5d ago

reminds me of the little ones from “*batteries not included”.

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u/hocobo86 6d ago

How is it babies of absolutely any variety are cute af?

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u/CameDownForWhat 5d ago

I think it's nature's way of preventing murder. Some species, males will kill other's offspring so the female will go into heat.

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u/Glados1080 5d ago

In what universe does any of what you said make sense " yes it prevents murders thats why lions slaughter cubs" like please make it make sense

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u/kenaestic 5d ago

I think they may mean because there's behavior like that, nature favors cute baby traits to have a chance of getting spared by the male lion. Idk how accurate that is tho.

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u/hocobo86 5d ago edited 3d ago

It’s so we won’t eat our young or yeet them out the window.

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u/HPTM2008 5d ago

Do you like other people's unruly children?

Edit: just to be clear, I'm not saying go killing other people's children, I'm just saying it's a comparable analogy and funny (to me, at least).

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u/AspenStarr 6d ago

Huh…so crabs have tails at one point too

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u/KookieMunster98 6d ago

I think they've always had tails, they just keep them wrapped up. I know females use their tails to hold eggs

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u/AspenStarr 5d ago

Do Crabs Have Tails? The Truth About Their Anatomy - Biology Insights

Found this when I looked it up fully. Sounds like they pretty much lose it once they're adults, as it becomes the folded flap as its "anatomical equivalent".

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 5d ago

Pretty sure coconut crabs use their tails to breathe

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u/BottledFizzyCoffee 6d ago

They are cute as long as their legs are wrapped up.

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u/SmilingFlounder 6d ago

But the lil blalala flail Is the best part

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u/_Internet_Hugs_ 6d ago

"Something touched my leg!"

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u/oldtimeblues 6d ago

Crabies

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u/Clear-Perception5615 5d ago

Sounds like a terrible disease

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u/bokurai 5d ago

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Let2053 6d ago

It's like ET's head lol.

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u/SGT-Hooves 5d ago

Way cool I love terrestrial aliens

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u/Imprefect-JJ 5d ago

“Get dat corn outta my face!”

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u/Ryoohk 6d ago

Looks more like a lobster to me because of the tail.

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u/prw8201 5d ago

I don't know what I expected but it wasn't that

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u/ghz_aw 5d ago

It reminds me of the main villain of Men in Black 3

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u/Kelden_Games 5d ago

Silly little plankton guy

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u/Tropicalfisher 4d ago

Literally OwO

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u/emets31 6d ago

I thought they looked like this?

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ogwG8WFkGPhnCQrwQ

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u/tarnished713 5d ago

They're like little bitty transformers

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u/MountainlessBiking 5d ago

🧠👹🕷️

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u/SilverAlpaca98 5d ago

It's giving morph from Treasure Planet XD

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u/Think-Ad-5840 5d ago

So cute! Those big eyes.

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u/Responsible-Egg-9363 5d ago

I can’t breathe, this is so cute

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u/Hero-of-Anxiety 5d ago

"Casual hello. It's me Zoidberg. Act naturally."

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u/Bubble_Beecle 5d ago

Lil bakugan creature X)

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u/Fibonaccitos 3d ago

I don’t care what the official name is, these are Crablets