Three Chinese nationals arrested in Japan after thousands of protected hermit crabs found in suitcases | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
from fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 12 May 08:12
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FelixCress@lemmy.world on 12 May 09:00 next collapse

They weren’t hermits in this case.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 12 May 13:44 collapse

They were in fact hermits in a case.

FelixCress@lemmy.world on 12 May 15:58 collapse

Non-hermit crabs.

MelonYellow@lemmy.ca on 12 May 11:01 next collapse

Goddamit they’re always doing that. Pilfering plants and animals all around the world.

TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee on 12 May 11:21 collapse

They need boner pills and are willing to grind up all kinds of shit to make them.

drmoose@lemmy.world on 13 May 02:45 collapse

Boner pills became widespread in China in early 00s and can be bought online very easily though afaik there’s no credible evidence that it reduced poaching :(

It seems to be a stupid cultural status symbol but the association that it’s for broken peepee still helps the cause imo. These people are disgusting losers that deserve no sympathy.

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml on 12 May 11:29 next collapse

Trips over only for dozens of hermit crabs to fall out of my pockets

betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world on 12 May 11:36 next collapse

Spontaneous carcinization at this time of year, that time of day, in that part of Japan, localized entirely within their luggage?

Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world on 12 May 12:34 collapse

Can I see it?

betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world on 12 May 12:37 collapse

No.

gradual@lemmings.world on 12 May 12:16 next collapse

Not a big fan of Chinese citizens behaving like CIA agents in every nation they go to.

tal@lemmy.today on 12 May 14:38 collapse

I mean, you hear about the people who do something. You don’t hear about the ones who don’t.

EDIT: Also, hermit crab smuggling and the CIA? What?

flightyhobler@lemmy.world on 14 May 19:19 collapse

You also don’t hear about many (most?) who do and aren’t caught.

Wispy2891@lemmy.world on 12 May 19:57 next collapse

How the hell you can capture 160 kg of live crabs and put them alive in six luggages thinking that nobody would smell it?

drmoose@lemmy.world on 13 May 02:38 next collapse

SEA is full of stories like this - no animal is safe from Chinese poaching from crabs to lemurs. There’s seriously something incredibly wrong with Chinese animal culture and I’m baffled that it still persists in 2025. It’s really fucking disgusting.

What’s the point of all that technology if none of it is spent on educating idiots out of “rhino horn makes peepee bigger” rhetorics.

SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net on 13 May 04:15 collapse

Idk if it’s still a thing or how widespread it is, but they sell/sold live fish and small reptiles/amphibians as keychains… basically a small soft plastic pouch filled with oxygenated water so they can get crushed or suffocate in a week (turtles can probably survive a bit longer but… regardless it’s gross). First article I found was from 2015, this one is from 2023…

thoughtnova.com/animals-trapped-alive-in-keychain…

PalimpsestNavigator@midwest.social on 13 May 04:38 collapse

I’m all for poly relationships, but a thousand crabs in one suitcase is a bit much…