Tuna Crabs carpet the seafloor near the San Diego coast

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Ай бұрын

Subtropical crabs that look like lobsters show up in droves off La Jolla Shores beach. El Niño currents brought them from the the Baja Coast and divers say they’re still out there in the La Jolla underwater canyon.

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@theotheleo6830 Ай бұрын

Apparently, tuna crabs are so tasty that they can't stop snacking on themselves.

@rickintexas1584 Ай бұрын

They look like crawfish.

@philosothink Ай бұрын

I can't help but wonder how they fit on the crustacean family tree, compared to them.

@tomsanders5584 Ай бұрын

...and taste like chicken.

@davidgraham2673 Ай бұрын

@@tomsanders5584, Squat chicken at that.

@Tiggitytye Ай бұрын

That is not a rockfish in the video it is a California scorpionfish.

@lumburgerjill2438 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for saying. People just dont know fish and don’t care

@hoosierdaddy8002 Ай бұрын

Had crabs once. Hard to get rid of.

@drivebyquipper Ай бұрын

One shower with Quell shampoo does the trick!

@msrrf1 20 күн бұрын

Ew.

@nelsonx5326 Ай бұрын

I bet they taste great, melted butter and lemon.

@riskey6788 Ай бұрын

And Beers ✌🏼🤣✌🏼

@Youuuareloved Ай бұрын

No butter ! Just lemon

@papa_pt Ай бұрын

@@Youuuarelovedyes butter, maybe some garlic too

@parttimegenius5806 Ай бұрын

I remember them in the 80’s off Newport Beach. Washed up on the shore, I thought they were lobsters.

@user-jc7jb3bu5s Ай бұрын

Saw these on a toilet seat at a bar in tijuana!

@theotheleo6830 Ай бұрын

@@user-jc7jb3bu5s Did you take a squat on it?

@user-jc7jb3bu5s Ай бұрын

@@theotheleo6830 a 6 coiler!

@DanielRodriguez-ps9fq Ай бұрын

Sorry, I didn't see your post before I posted mine. but yes I noticed what seemed like millions of them along the shore, I saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time that day.

@patrickrabion9473 Ай бұрын

Rock Lobster…down…down…🤣😂

@MeanLaQueefa Ай бұрын

They look like langoustine crossed with crayfish

@Arborpress Ай бұрын

0:44 even though there's 100s surrounding him, he still tries to be stealthy to snag one lol

@erikgilson1687 24 күн бұрын

If it ain't broke don't fix it

@AI.Absurdity Ай бұрын

Squat Lobster!!! (in Fred Schneider's voice)

@Neppy1414 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂yes!!!!!

@Jo-JoandTaffy Ай бұрын

It was already playing in my head.

@dsimon966 Ай бұрын

Thanks! Now I’ll have that playing in my head all day.😂

@joepauly2311 Ай бұрын

It's Rock Lobster.

@MD76MAC Ай бұрын

I need a squat on my lobster.

@JohnSmith-nj4zq Ай бұрын

Aren't those the tiny Lobsters they served at Red Lobsters?

@dustintacohands1107 Ай бұрын

Nope close though these have smaller claws and tails. Are overall just smaller too but they do look tasty

@Encourageable Ай бұрын

@@dustintacohands1107 it was a joke

@ronmcmartin4513 Ай бұрын

@@dustintacohands1107--"these have smaller claws and tails" ...So they ARE served at Red Lobster.

@dustintacohands1107 Ай бұрын

@@ronmcmartin4513 delicious

@dustintacohands1107 Ай бұрын

@@Encourageable Derp

@BillyG869 Ай бұрын

Watch the Chinese show up and start wholesale harvesting off our shores.

@hia5235 Ай бұрын

They already do. Literally right up to the international zone border

@pat.l.h.2730 Ай бұрын

Nothing new they wiped out the Abalone.

@ceesan5605 Ай бұрын

the Chinese, Mad racism

@gerryjames9720 Ай бұрын

@@pat.l.h.2730 Actually it was the Japanese who wiped out the abalone. When the economic boom hit Japan, they started sucking up ocean delicacies of every kind.

@majscrap2629 19 күн бұрын

No shit, they will eat anything until They're all gone.

@mikekoblosh8412 Ай бұрын

Back in the late 60s and early 70s those crabs beached themselves from Palos Verdes to the L.A. airport. We filled 5 gallon buckets with them, froze them and saved them for summer fishing when they went back to where they came from. Great bait for calico bass etc.

@ronaldoago-go5907 Ай бұрын

Omg I want a bucket of those... They're so tasty we call them slipper bugs.

@Teabahgeue Ай бұрын

SQUAT LOBSTAH!!!!

@MemphiStig Ай бұрын

It wasn't a rock...

@jagpilotohio Ай бұрын

Motion in the ocean, dooo wah…

@greggreg2263 Ай бұрын

I wonder if these crabs were nearby and there was an accidental sewage leak if they would clean it up?

@catsupchutney Ай бұрын

Predation event: nom nom nom!

@RighteousReverendDynamite Ай бұрын

Too much scientificy lingo to sound super-schmart! Just say they were "EATING" them! (I think George Carlin has a skit about this..)

@Briguy1027 Ай бұрын

That bodes well for this year's bluefin tuna season!

@Neppy1414 Ай бұрын

we would have a party with those here in New Orleans!!! boil em up yall!!!!❤

@skeymoson Ай бұрын

Nah ..I’d steam ‘em Maryland Style .. of course I’ve never seen these crustaceans 😂

@martinsaunders7925 Ай бұрын

@skeymoson. Sprinkle Zatarains on them while they steam.

@MisterSpock-zs3kq Ай бұрын

@@skeymoson No way! Boiling is way better than steaming, juicier and tastier without a doubt! I grew up in Philadelphia where the New Jersey shore is a stone's throw away where we spend our summer times and eat crabs, but we eat crabs year-round in Philadelphia by the tons and even though we're in the proximity of Maryland we prefer to boil our crabs, shrimp etc. I've had both and boiling (done correctly) produces much better results. You can't get the flavor of onions and mushrooms, peppers, beer, corn etc. and a myriad of other flavors and techniques that you can add to a boil with steaming. Btw... I'm a certified chef 🍀

@swedesam Ай бұрын

That fish is going to be huge.

@Sureyoudo Ай бұрын

They look like hermit crabs without shells!

@PongoZydeco Ай бұрын

Tuna crab? Never heard of them.

@TinShackVideos Ай бұрын

IKR ,Pelagic Red Crab

@ShowTheReal Ай бұрын

Any surplus of life in the Ocean is a welcome miracle. I love to see life thriving in the Oceans. 🙏

@svenmorgenstern9506 Ай бұрын

Not a rockfish - that's a scorpionfish. Pretty wild to see a tuna crab bloom - last one I saw was probably 20ish years ago. The boat I was on ran through a band of tuna crabs a couple of miles (yes, MILES) wide off of San Diego.

@allialias Ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@chopsjazz1 Ай бұрын

Living in New Hampshire and remembering living and diving in La Jolla, then realizing this girl is wearing a down jacket in San Diego!

@Matty80822 Ай бұрын

I still dont understand how people wear jeans here in hawaii. Unless its late night during winter season

@RighteousReverendDynamite Ай бұрын

@@Matty80822 In the 70s and 80s, dudes wearing just jeans without a shirt at the beach were called "El Cajon Wetsuits".

@Matty80822 Ай бұрын

@traybern winter = nights 10 degrees cooler and rain 5/7 days

@slyfoxx2973 Ай бұрын

I suck in the water. Many thanks to the ones who like to swim and give us all a look down there.

@129jasper1 Ай бұрын

Pro tip: you suck in the air, not the water.

@TinShackVideos Ай бұрын

We always called them Pelagic Red Crabs

@jimminniehan2548 27 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@chrislj2890 Ай бұрын

I'm curious as to what classifies them as a crab when they look like a crayfish? To the uninformed this like saying a hummingbird is a type of duck.

@RayRayOkayyy Ай бұрын

THATS SO COOL I LOVE SCUBA DIVING I GOT CERTIFIED IN LA JOLLA! SEEN MANY COOL THINGS AT ABOUT 40 FT DEPTH

@sasquatchwithinternetacces2940 Ай бұрын

Sounds delicious

@MemphiStig Ай бұрын

Looks like good eating to me too!

@jagpilotohio Ай бұрын

Unfortunately no. They are toxic to humans.

@kawikadee9670 Ай бұрын

Tuna Crabs? We call them lobsters haha.

@buzz5969 Ай бұрын

We call them crawdads, those are too small to be called lobster here.

@DePalma. Ай бұрын

Sculpin, not what we would call a rockfish:)

@RighteousReverendDynamite Ай бұрын

I wonder if they have natural hoppy and grapefruit flavor???

@DePalma. Ай бұрын

@@RighteousReverendDynamite is that a ballast point beer reference?

@RighteousReverendDynamite Ай бұрын

@@DePalma. Yes.

@DePalma. Ай бұрын

@@RighteousReverendDynamite lol, ok just checking. Anyone outside of SD might not have got that

@darrellcook8253 Ай бұрын

Scorpion fish.

@solandri69 Ай бұрын

They are marketed as Langostino lobster. If you've ever bought a cheap "lobster" dish (like when McDonalds trialed a lobster sandwich), it was probably made with these, not with Maine or spiny lobster. That's not to say they taste bad (I use them as a substitute for crawfish in cajun recipes). They are just not true lobsters.

@DanielRodriguez-ps9fq Ай бұрын

In the early 80's I visited seal beach and there were many of these on the shoreline dead...

@williamlloyd3769 Ай бұрын

Incredible sight!

@Phoenix-in-flight 24 күн бұрын

How did that reporter make Ana Sagatov sound like Honest to God I saw crabs? 😂

@hukedonfonix1671 Ай бұрын

Are they edible for humans like crayfish or mudbugs as we call them, not much meat but tasty

@Patrick-yh5yd Ай бұрын

Enough old crabs walking around.

@oldschool8432 Ай бұрын

Salt water mud bugs

@2ndarymotion Ай бұрын

"predation event". The jargon is strong with this one...

@tombrayton4412 Ай бұрын

Im a commercial fiaher in SE Alaska and catch these crab in shrimp and crab traps. There are places were there is a lot of them about 400feet deep

@vidalott Ай бұрын

They swim backwards? Cool.

@TrangNguyen-vc3yk Ай бұрын

Eating each other, that’s savage!

@Mark16v15 Ай бұрын

Do people eat them? If so, is there as much meat in the tail as a crawdad? Is the meat easy to get to? How do they taste compared to blue crabs?

@user-th3ll8rl7i Ай бұрын

I bet they taste good. Butter and lemon, yum yum.

@user-ew6rs1tm7z Ай бұрын

What’s the bag limit on them?

@mattsloan32 Ай бұрын

Grab the Zatarain's folks. We gonna have a boil.

@constitutionallyconscious165 Ай бұрын

Hopefully, we can get a huge amount of Bluefin this year

@oldschooldiy3240 Ай бұрын

All nice and fascinating....however, can we eat them?

@ShowTheReal Ай бұрын

Like someone said earlier, more Tuna crabs = more fat and healthy Tuna populations. Good things compound.

@skypilot23 Ай бұрын

Isn’t San Diego ocean terribly polluted from Tijuana?

@visarr Ай бұрын

No.

@bodiespizza Ай бұрын

Down south when it rains, yes. But the Tijuana river is 28 miles south of where this story is being reported.

@stevejaffe9543 18 күн бұрын

Mmmm, time for SD restaurants to put Tuna Crabs on their menus. Locally sourced seafood!

@theriskid Ай бұрын

California crawdads?

@cedricksamaniego9146 24 күн бұрын

Also, don't forget it's shark season 😂

@smckay6438 Ай бұрын

So now we know why we had a shark attack? The tuna is around the crabs and sharks like tuna 😊

@seanhoward8025 Ай бұрын

I remember the B52’s song from the 1980’s…”Squat Lobster”…

@40MileDesertRat Ай бұрын

That's all good and well. But can you eat them?

@majscrap2629 19 күн бұрын

A little garlic butter. They look good!

@fuffoon Ай бұрын

I have never heard squat lobsters called tuna crabs before.

@user-ch2fm6kr6j Ай бұрын

Theory of evolution.

@OLDMANTEA 22 күн бұрын

Is that longostino?

@JamesJones-cx5pk Ай бұрын

They look delicious.,👍

@thepeterchannel3230 Ай бұрын

If your barefoot . ouch...

@el-rufio2464 Ай бұрын

“My hand”

@flyinbrianz22 Ай бұрын

I'd call them saltwater crawdads

@oNeGiAnTLiE Ай бұрын

11 days since this post. The Asian community has already caught them all. Yum, yum!

@powersv2 22 күн бұрын

Crawfish boil them?

@byronkacheris5781 Ай бұрын

Crawdads

@Justthemow Ай бұрын

100% crawfish

@bavery6957 22 күн бұрын

So, is the name a description of the taste...?

@rodneycornish6850 Ай бұрын

Yum

@clambroth1923 Ай бұрын

When they live in freshwater lakes and stream they're crayfish. When they live in salt water they've got a different name - tuna crabs. Pffffft

@edwardroche2480 Ай бұрын

They look like they might be edible I would try to eat them if I had the chance

@martinsaunders7925 Ай бұрын

We have a lot of brown squat lobsters in Louisiana. We call 'em crawfish.

@dave-d-grunt Ай бұрын

Looks like crayfish (crawdads). Tasty?

@drivebyquipper Ай бұрын

Predation event? Lol!

@ge2623 Ай бұрын

How does one tuna crab?

@buzz5969 Ай бұрын

With net…

@theotheleo6830 Ай бұрын

With a tuna fork.

@tonyfabulous6775 Ай бұрын

New crab dish coming to a restaurant near you

@ronaldperrin9583 Ай бұрын

Predation event? Someone ate someone.

@regenbassford Ай бұрын

The ultimate bait

@truthinesssss Ай бұрын

👍

@dreadfuldonkey Ай бұрын

Load up the skin boat we’re heading to tuna town for crabs

@jamesclover3055 Ай бұрын

"A predation event"???

@fredsavage4925 Ай бұрын

Yes, enacted by intersectional, marginalized self-identifying sea animals. It was mostly peaceful.

@finddeniro Ай бұрын

Cannibalism... I thinking barbecue.... Soup also.. 🤔..

@torojoseph Ай бұрын

nice story

@dang6832 Ай бұрын

Sea crayfish?

@bobbyhill1013 Ай бұрын

Those look like crawfish

@mikegraves3497 Ай бұрын

They look like crayfish in the south

@buzz5969 Ай бұрын

crawdads

@ChadBray Ай бұрын

Crawfish

@coldjello8436 Ай бұрын

Predation event? You saw a fish eat a crab.

@ThatGotDaymBoogie Ай бұрын

They would be on the endangered list if they tasted good.

@riskey6788 Ай бұрын

I WILL EAT ‼️‼️ I NEED BUTTER & BEERS AND CALL THE HOMIES ✌🏼🤣✌🏼🇺🇸

@straycat2253 Ай бұрын

Thems are mud bugs!😂😂

@deejay4837 Ай бұрын

Why the name Tuna crab?

@RighteousReverendDynamite Ай бұрын

[Belch!] "Why not???!!! - John Blutarsky, Sergant-at-Arms, Delta Tau Chi.

@45searay Ай бұрын

Can we eat them ?

@buzz5969 Ай бұрын

You can eat shit if ya want, but yeah Id think they would taste like crawdads…

@theotheleo6830 Ай бұрын

Yes, they are eaten. I read that they taste like crab, which makes sense.

@edwardroche2480 Ай бұрын

@@theotheleo6830 goody goody goody if I ever run across some I will eat them. I live on a boat in the Florida Keys and if you ate something that look like that you would get arrested. They look like baby lobsters