Crab fought back

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Crab fought back

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So my fahaka had a red clawed crab for dinner and as he got it the crab fought back. So he got the crab, the crab got a grip on his face , he swam for a couple of seconds with dead crab hanging on, he consumed all but the remaining claw stuck to his face he just swam round trying to get it,,,,,, so after me panicking for a while wondering what to do I hooked the claw off with a net it looked painful but left no mark or anything! So if this were to happen again what would you guys suggest or did I do the right thing? Has anyone experienced anything like this? He looks fine just chillin digesting this meal will post vid when Internet back on can't do anything on this phone lol
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bertie 83 wrote:So my fahaka had a red clawed crab for dinner and as he got it the crab fought back. So he got the crab, the crab got a grip on his face , he swam for a couple of seconds with dead crab hanging on, he consumed all but the remaining claw stuck to his face he just swam round trying to get it,,,,,, so after me panicking for a while wondering what to do I hooked the claw off with a net it looked painful but left no mark or anything! So if this were to happen again what would you guys suggest or did I do the right thing? Has anyone experienced anything like this? He looks fine just chillin digesting this meal will post vid when Internet back on can't do anything on this phone lol
A lot of folks will rip off the claws before feeding them. That's really about all I could think of doing.
You really only need to break off one side of the claw so it can't clamp. But, the whole claw is eaier to remove.
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Zombie crab claw had the death grip lol
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Ive had something similiar happen but the crab climbed on my Porcupines back ! He now bites the claws off first !
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Oh, wait till Dadof4 gets here! He has a great story about Leon!
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chuckfriedrice wrote:Ive had something similiar happen but the crab climbed on my Porcupines back ! He now bites the claws off first !
that is funny! he learned from that experience! lol
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Happens to Filbert too occasionally. I think crabs have the right to fight a good fight. Filbert can handle it & eventually... he always wins.
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sevenyearnight wrote:Zombie crab claw had the death grip lol
Ha ha ha love it, he doesn't seem fazed but we will see what he does next time
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LilGreenPuffer wrote:Oh, wait till Dadof4 gets here! He has a great story about Leon!
Here's the story. I've actually bookmarked it, as it always makes me laugh. :lol:
Inger Anne
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Just think how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are even stupider! -George Carlin

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That story is awesome well done
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that happened to Huey a few days ago, he just swam around trying to knock it off and i reached in and helped him after i stopped laughing at him.

Im sure in the wild it happens all the time
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i will most likely find it funnier if it happens again, keep watching the vid and it does look funny but its amazing how shocked i was at the time
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Its happened more then once for me, I understand your freak out the first time
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Mine learned from his experience . The Claws are the first to get munched on ! He never gives them a chance to fight back , lol
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its funny this thread came back up looked at crabs a couple of days ago the claws were huge a little nervous but gonna grab some tomorrow anyhow lol
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