The word is Carcinisation
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You guys should read the Stormlight archives. Fuckin everything is a crab, even the plants.
Renaldo thinks that one crab is sexy at least
And the feeling is mutual
Fucking furries
Pretty sure they're not at the fucking stage yet, but one can hope
I couldn't finish the first book. :(( Ironically, I liked how he finished Wheel of Time. I DK. It's not terribly written; it just didn't stick. Robert Jordan was a far worse writer lol.
Way of Kings is honestly a more like a prequel for the series. It’s pretty much ONLY setting up the characters and world building. So if you don’t get into that you might not finish.
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Cytoverse too
Why don't I remember this?
Axehounds, Parshendi, chulls, chasmfiends, songlings, rockbuds, etc.
Oh and the generic “cremling”
If this post is awakening some weird feelings in you, there’s an episode of Futurama you might want to watch.
Oh yeah, that crab could definitely get it
A fairly small number of known species evolved to the vaguely humanoid form, but 100% of known species with a human level of higher intelligence have had roughly this body plan, it's really not unreasonable to extrapolate that this could be a common body plan for intelligent aliens.
So the crabs don't talk to you either
Project Hail Mary got this really right. The aliens are big rock crabs
It was such a good book. I can't wait for the movie release! Apparently its due to he released in 2026.
But what if the human form is a prerequisite for evolving into the space age? We wouldn't need so many tools if we were strong as a crab to begin with
I've never seen a crab measure thousandths of an inch, or back a Phillip's head screw out of a hole with their crab strength. Tools are still required.
I've seen a wasp unscrew a screw I thought was in pretty tight.
What am asshole!
The premise is that they won't invent advanced things such as screws because the survival pressure is less intense
You know who's not a coward? Captain James T Kirk.
Yeah, he was well known for spreading STDs throughout the universe - including crabs.
Someone needs to rule 34 crabs. And then delete their Internet history as thoroughly as possible.
(V) OwO (V) What's this? snip snip
Taste like crab, talk like people.
Crab people. Crab people.
The squid bois from Arrival are cool
Funny to think about it: Crabs are a huge local maximum of peak evolution
Neal Asher's Praedor Moon is a fun read if you want to see what advanced humans would do against space faring crabs.
Rumors say that the upcoming new Children of time book will also involve crabs
The entire Polity series is great, but my favourite parts are always when we follow a Prador perspective.
Do we explode them? Exploding them seems like something we'd do. Or maybe boil and eat them.
We explode them, they explode us. Oh also they enslave captured humans or just outright eat them.
I doubt crabs could make it as an intelligent interplanetary species. I mean claws are cool and all, but really tough to use tools with.
Sure, but have you ever tried to disarm a crab and lived to tell the tale?
„disarm a crab“ 🦀🔪
I sure the fuck wouldn't want to fight a giant crab. I just don't think they could build an interstellar space ship, that's all.
What is this "crabbification" evolution trend you speak of?
Intelligence favours dexterity of making/holding weapons and tools. Claws are not as good. Armour is always a nice to have, but the offense from weapons use from "hands" is better. I do like the idea of 360 rotating "eye arms" to catch backstabbers. Maybe more arms and legs.
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