Pair of crabs seen ‘making a run for it’ near grocery store in Australia, video shows
A pair of tasty-looking crabs turned into escape artists outside a grocery store in Australia, video shows.
Harrison Usher was walking past Munchy’s Asian Grocery store in Darwin when he spotted the “crabs making a run for it,” he wrote in a Sept. 7 TikTik post. WARNING: This video contains language some may find offensive.
The video shows a medium-sized brown crab in the middle of a tile hallway. The crab still has a piece of string attached to it. Usher nudges the crab with his shoe as it moves slowly along.
The camera pans, showing the entrance of the closed grocery store. Stuck underneath the gate of the closed store is another brown crab with string on it, the video shows.
The more successful escapee is seen moving further away from the store as the video ends.
“They’ve been filming Finding Nemo 3,” one TikTok user commented.
“He got that far by himself, he deserves freedom,” another wrote.
“Free dinner,” another TikTok user commented.
The Australian outlet 9 News identified the escapees as mud crabs in a Sept. 11 Facebook post.
Mud crabs are found along the northwestern coast of Australia and “prized” for “their impressive size and delicious taste,” according to a fact sheet from the Government of Western Australia’s Department of Fisheries. Depending on the species, mud crabs can weigh between about 3 pounds to about 5.5 pounds.
Neither Usher nor Munchy’s Asian Grocery immediately responded to McClatchy News’ Sept. 14 request for comment.
Darwin is along the northern coast of Australia, about 2,400 miles northwest of Sydney.
This story was originally published September 14, 2023 at 9:07 AM with the headline "Pair of crabs seen ‘making a run for it’ near grocery store in Australia, video shows."
