Heart-warming photo of... crabs?

[opabinia]

"A mating pair of Jonah Crabs: The much larger male holds the vulnerable, freshly-molted female in a protective embrace."

Awww.

(From here.)

Comments

[locriansax.livejournal.com]

heh looks more like she's a tasty tasty snack for the huuuuge male.

[apogeeperigee.livejournal.com]

You pr0n with crabs has been deleted...

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

No, it's totally there -- it just comes and goes, like the tides. Seriously, I've been puzzling over this. Here's the page the image came from:

http://njscuba.net/biology/sw_crabs.html

(I'd lean towards calling it a romantic photo. It's totally worksafe.)

[apogeeperigee.livejournal.com]

Heh...did you see the bit at the bottom that says "site made with microsoft notepad"?

[prttyasacarcrsh.livejournal.com]

awwwwww!

[pat-man-ta.livejournal.com]

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

AARGH YOU RUIN EVERYTHING