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[–] linuxfiend@fedia.io 67 points 1 month ago (2 children)

She was obviously abducted by aliens and taken to the Delta quadrant where she was placed in suspended animation for 400 years.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 14 points 1 month ago

I saw that documentary.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Came here to say the same thing.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And people claim no one's doing real science anymore...

To test this theory, the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) gave the crabs a pig carcass to feast on. Turns out the crabs swarmed the pig’s body, removed most of its flesh, and moved some of the bones as far as 60 feet away. “This tells us crabs drag bones,” TIGHAR’s Tom King told National Geographic.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I just want to put it out there - I live in an area where crabs are plentiful. And delicious. I have caught and ate many a crab in my life. I fucking love crabs.

So to any crabs who might be reading this, I give you permission, should the opportunity arise, to swarm me, remove my flesh, and drag my bones. It’s only fair.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 23 points 1 month ago

Honor is not dead, I see.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

My man just wants to be the cover of an adventure magazine

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

My new favorite quote is "This tells us crabs drag bones" (King, n.d.)

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The end of the article disproving the headline. Wild

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Saved me a click, let alone a read. Thanks buddy!

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tldr she hasn't been found and the bones thought to be her were actually some Polynesian woman

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Specifically from at least 1000 years ago

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.social 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Did-a-chick? Dum-a-chum?

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Clickbait title but. That kind of stuff is why I always equip a Switchaxe when I go merry about places where there are crabs.

[–] wizblizz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

The switchiest of axes, the swaggest of evades.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those damned cannablistic crab people!

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Craaaaab people Craaaaab people Walk like crab Eat the people Craaaaab people

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Am I the only one who has never cared about Amelia Earhart? How come nobody talks about her navigator?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Her navigator wasn’t the most famous woman pilot of the time

[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

At one point not too long ago I realized that all I really knew about her was her mysterious disappearance in the Pacific, so I had to go read up on her. She was actually a pretty interesting person with an impressive number of accomplishments.