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« on: May 01, 2012, 07:49:39 AM »
Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide and would have produced 20lbs worth of meat


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137356/Monster-Tasmanian-King-Crabs-saved-pot-shipped-Britain-aquarium-display.html#ixzz1tcMqEeyk
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2012, 08:11:28 AM »
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« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2012, 08:20:31 AM »
I think i saw him in an old Godzilla movie.  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2012, 08:58:00 AM »
Quote from: tedbo on May 01, 2012, 07:49:39 AM
Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide and would have produced 20lbs worth of meat


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137356/Monster-Tasmanian-King-Crabs-saved-pot-shipped-Britain-aquarium-display.html#ixzz1tcMqEeyk


I just need the answer to one question.  How do you get 20 pounds of meat out of a 15 pound crab.  They have the loaves and the fishes thing going on?
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« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2012, 09:53:08 AM »
I was thinking that as well.   Space/time continuum stuff.
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« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2012, 10:01:08 AM »
 Shocked Math was never my best subject but a 15 lb crab =20 lbs meat laugh laugh Sorry guys couldn't figure this one out. That's a huge crab, thanks for posting.
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« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2012, 10:13:51 AM »
i think they mean this . they said would . im guessing when fully grown

Catch of the day: Held up by Sealife aquarist Jemma Battric, Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide - when he is fully grown he will weigh a whopping 30lbs and gain an extra three inches

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« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2012, 10:25:19 AM »
Maybe he weighed 25 pounds when alive.

Now he weighs 15 pounds because he's stuffed with "Tattoo stuffing".   Wink
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« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2012, 10:46:12 AM »
"They are the SECOND largest crab species in the world - behind the Japanese spider crab, which can weigh up to 41lbs and has a leg span of up to 12ft."   holy hanah  Shocked
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« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2012, 11:15:23 AM »
if she had longer arms - it would look bigger

always worked for the fish I caught

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« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2012, 01:04:49 PM »
Yikes! That's a heck of a crab!!!
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« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2012, 04:17:30 PM »
now thers a crab.
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« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2012, 10:57:29 AM »
Quote from: fishingtom on May 01, 2012, 08:58:00 AM
How do you get 20 pounds of meat out of a 15 pound crab.  They have the loaves and the fishes thing going on?
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