Serkan Toto of CrunchGear informs us that this is a Japanese-language video of a Chinese vending machine that sells live crabs:
This model is located in a subway station in Nanjing, China, and keeps the crabs at 5°C at all times. In other words, the crabs inside are alive, “hibernating” in a frozen state.
A sign in front of the machine promises 100% customer satisfaction: if buyers get a dead crab, the maker (a Chinese company based in Nanjing whose name I couldn’t decipher) promises they’ll get three crabs for free.
via CrunchGear
That just seems unbelievably cruel, I am not against eating crab or lobster in general, just this seems somehow way worse than when you go pick it from a tank at the store...
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I agree, why does neat keep posting stories about obvious animal abuse. Its really starting to get under my skin.
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That's so sad! Poor crabs. :(
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Oooh it's a pet vending machine!!! If only kittens could tolerate hibernating at 5 degrees C.
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@jenjen - they can :)http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/19/cat-in-a-freezer-for-19-hours/
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I feel so sorry for those crabs, being trapped in a case until they die is probably worse then getting taken out from the tank and being cooked right away... This is just plain torture,
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Just plain torture. Remember when people used to put effort into fancy torture?
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This makes me think of Han Solo.....
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no one would complain about animal cruelty if it was a Cockroach vending machine.
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