FabSwingers.com forum: Crab Cruelty? Or Crab liberation

By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Some well meaning folk bought a live crab from a fish stall in London and took the crab to Southend on the train to be released into the sea. I think it was very noble and well meaning. There are pictures on social media of the crab in the train carriage. Is this a heroic deed or would the crab have been petrified. ? I .not sure if the crab made it to the sea because the man photographing it for social media got off a few stops before Southend. It's all over the Essex news before anybody asks

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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village

I saw that on Reddit or wherever - hope the little guy made it!

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Probably got eaten by a shark.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Catching crabs in Southend on Sea is not news.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

And the passengers.. ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well this thread went sideways to what I expected…

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By *lenderfoxMan
over a year ago

Leeds

I guess it depends if they cooked it first...

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I can assure you it was alive on the train..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Catching crabs in Southend on Sea is not news.

True dat!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think it's very shellfish.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I was on Mexico there was this huge cockroach on bathroom wall. My partner was going to kill it but I love bugs and being from here I'd never seen one so big. I picked it up and put it out on the balcony. A second later a bird flew down and ate it. Circle of life innit.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When I was on Mexico there was this huge cockroach on bathroom wall. My partner was going to kill it but I love bugs and being from here I'd never seen one so big. I picked it up and put it out on the balcony. A second later a bird flew down and ate it. Circle of life innit."

I just found a photo of that cockroach. It's now posthumously "Fab famous"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends if it's a native species as to whether it was sensible to release it into the sea at Southend....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The crab paid for his journey with his oyster card.....

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

I wonder if they paid a child's fare for the crap on the train.........

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I wonder if they paid a child's fare for the crap on the train........."

Freudian slip?!

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

"I think it's very shellfish. "

. Missed you!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The crab paid for his journey with his oyster card....."

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"The crab paid for his journey with his oyster card....."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weird.... itd have been tasty being so fresh.

It will have more than likely died when put in the water from temperature shock

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

And if you are on a train with a crab on the loose ?

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By *iltopbearMan
over a year ago

Norfolk

Is this real...... or...

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

Walsall

"Depends if it's a native species as to whether it was sensible to release it into the sea at Southend....

It was from Porthmadog, it’s a long swim home…

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Well let's look at this another way.. you are on a train journey and a massive crab suddenly walks in the carriage ..

Freak some out I guess

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By *iltopbearMan
over a year ago

Norfolk

"Well let's look at this another way.. you are on a train journey and a massive crab suddenly walks in the carriage ..

Freak some out I guess "

....or you've been spiked and are having a bad trip?

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

Walsall

"Well let's look at this another way.. you are on a train journey and a massive crab suddenly walks in the carriage ..

Freak some out I guess "

Bet he was waving his claws about “giving it all that”

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

"Well let's look at this another way.. you are on a train journey and a massive crab suddenly walks in the carriage ..

Freak some out I guess

....or you've been spiked and are having a bad trip?"

This is actually a true story but we don't know what happened to the crab

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Depends if it's a native species as to whether it was sensible to release it into the sea at Southend....

It was from Porthmadog, it’s a long swim home…

The crab was originally caught from the wild in Porthmadog or liberated from a restaurant there? These are not the same things!

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Look at essexlive

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

They should of tagged the bugger and see if he returned to Wales

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

Walsall

"Depends if it's a native species as to whether it was sensible to release it into the sea at Southend....

It was from Porthmadog, it’s a long swim home…

The crab was originally caught from the wild in Porthmadog or liberated from a restaurant there? These are not the same things! "

Yes, but Porthmadog is much nicer than Southend. Not so I’d your in a boiling pit mind you.

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

Walsall

“Boiling pot

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

Walsall

I made up the bit about Porthmadog….

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Depends if it's a native species as to whether it was sensible to release it into the sea at Southend....

It was from Porthmadog, it’s a long swim home…

The crab was originally caught from the wild in Porthmadog or liberated from a restaurant there? These are not the same things!

Yes, but Porthmadog is much nicer than Southend. Not so I’d your in a boiling pit mind you."

Oh yes indeed. I'd rather be in Porthmadog but if Southend is minus the boiling water, I'd probably plump for it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

More importantly did the crab get a window seat ?

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By *icolerobbieCouple
over a year ago

Walsall

"More importantly did the crab get a window seat ? "

I doubt he even had a seat.

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

I the pictures I saw he was walking around on the carriage floor

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you have to change train from London to Southend - I think you have to cross stations ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Going by the lurid tales I've read on this forum over the years I'm pretty sure someone from here has caught crabs on a train before.

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By *ister-mischiefMan
over a year ago

Trafford

It wasnt kev was it ? " marker pen you do the maths"

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"Weird.... itd have been tasty being so fresh.

It will have more than likely died when put in the water from temperature shock

More so from being in Southend.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do you have to change train from London to Southend - I think you have to cross stations ?"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tyson Fury bought a lobster and set it free in the ocean

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do you have to change train from London to Southend - I think you have to cross stations ?

Thanks Tony, someone got it

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"Well let's look at this another way.. you are on a train journey and a massive crab suddenly walks in the carriage ..

Freak some out I guess "

I would have told it the clacton train would have been the better solution…

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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Did the crab survive ?

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