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Crab rides a jellyfish

David Pescovitz at 9:00 am Tue, Sep 30, 2008

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Crabjellyyyyyy

Here's a fun video of a crab hitching a ride on a jellyfish. (Thanks, Kirsten Anderson!)

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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kingmu

da says:

Lazy crab. He needs to go out and get a job and contribute to the tax base!
Chuck

Crab: “I’m not ‘riding’, as you claim. I’m desperately avoiding the death-dealing stingers! GET ME OUT OF HERE!”
KurtMac

I think he got the idea when he learned that raccoons are riding wild boars. Hooray nature!
StudioRobot

Now what did i tell you about having unprotected sex An-jelly-ca?

sigh. im sorry. i couldn’t help myself. ::hangs head in shame::
RedShirt77

Raccons riding wild Boars now this. It’s like an animal freeway out there.
Domino

A new Euphemism is born
entheo

Im trying to find a Regal Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) and a Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in the video as well, but no fish bouncing off jellyfish anywhere in that segment.
w000t

An aquatic reenactment of this amazing picture!