Stalin's last army: Hordes of gigantic crabs on their way to invade Europe -

The Telegraph - UK ^ | February, 2004 | Julius Strauss

[Polybius]

I fail to see a problem here

That makes two of us.

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[VeniVidiVici]

In the 1990s, for reasons nobody quite understands, the population exploded

The Soviet Union disappeared thereby greatly reducing the amount of pollution being discharged into the Baltic.

Just a guess.

[dennisw]

If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em! Deadliest catch was very good... I only saw season one. I would love to eat fresh king crab. What we get here in Florida is frozen ... but even worse it has been salted down for some reason

[GBA]

The article says it has no natural enemies, but then says, "The animal's legs are considered a delicacy and fetch top dollar in Japan and America. Served with bread, butter, lemon and mayonnaise, the taste and texture of the crab meat is comparable with that of the finest lobster."

Sounds like we humans are the natural enemy. Yummmmm!!! What's for dinner?

[henkster]

Oh, yes! Mysterious Island! Great rainy day Sunday movie fare! Hey, pass the giant chicken, too!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Wear Them?

[PeteB570]

Should send the Northwestern up there.

Them boys know how to deal with craps.

[TheBattman]

While the crab fishermen of Alaska have been dealing with quotas and serious limits on the crab harvest, these crabs are overpopulating and no-one sees the obvious answer?

I am more than willing to help out. They are welcome to harvest all they want and quick-freeze and drop ship crab legs to me. Anyone else interested????

[FormerACLUmember]

This is what the bottom of the Norwegian waters look like!

Most people love the taste of these monsters. To me its like eating giant cockroaches.

[southernnorthcarolina]

AIEEEEE!!! Not just giant crabs, giant COMMUNIST crabs! Run for your lives!

Sure, the article is four years old — no reason to let our guards down!

[bert]

The solution is eat more crabs.

This doesn’t seem to be much of a problem.

[Paleo Conservative]

Seems to me the problem here is Govt. regulation. If they would just allow unrestricted havesting to satisfy the huge maket demand there would be no problem.

Thanks for the clarification. I think there's a market solution.

[bert]

......To me its like eating giant cockroaches.....

We don’t have any giant cockroaches here, but have you tried them steamed with melted butter?

[humblegunner]

The monster crabs, which can weigh up to 25lb and have a claw-span of more than three feet, are proving so resilient that scientists fear they could end up as far south as Gibraltar.

Oh My God!

We are all well and truly screwed now.

[television is just wrong]

yum, sale on crab meat.

[television is just wrong]

yum, sale on crab meat.

[Spok]

“So the Norwegian government can simply say: catch all you want. No license required.”

Your solution makes perfect sense. The fly in the ointment is the word in the first sentence: “government”. Picture the USA with the same problem and all of the agencies, bureaus, administrations and various governmental organizations this would have to be approved by, then all of the whacko special interest groups like Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, etc. not to mention PETA and ELF, who are the constituents of the whacko officials like Pelosi, Waxman, McDermot, Reid and the like, then throw in the unbalanced malcontents like Nader and Gore. It would be easier to reverse the rotation of the earth. Regardless of the cost to wildlife, the economy, the environment and mankind itself, it would never happen.

[Robert A Cook PE]

You noticed that “little” bureaucratic problem as well.

[Polybius]

To me its like eating giant cockroaches.

Not really.

The giant cockroach meat has a little bit of a musty taste to it. ;-)

[piytar]

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