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Probably because it's hard to break into a market as large as that and there are certainly challenges in terms of collection method, purity of product, ecosystem damage, logistics... The list goes on, and as a regular bumpkin I'm already discouraged.
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[–] WHAT_WHAT 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
$15,000 a quart and it doesn't kill the crab. Neat.
[–] Emrico1 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I understand some die during the bleed.
[–] captainplanet2 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Many of them die, and they suffer immensely during the extraction.
[–] OBuns 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
:(
[–] WHAT_WHAT 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Poor things then. The article left that out.
[–] AnTi90d 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That's interesting as fuck.
15k a quart?.. Hmm.. So, why isn't everyone moving to the coast to fill up truck beds with those flat crab roach things?
I looked up the permit, in Florida, and you can kidnap up to 100 crabs per day per person.
[–] Prisoner072385 [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Probably because it's hard to break into a market as large as that and there are certainly challenges in terms of collection method, purity of product, ecosystem damage, logistics... The list goes on, and as a regular bumpkin I'm already discouraged.
[–] 9-11 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
underside of a horseshoe crab. NSFL
[–] Prisoner072385 [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Haha, that bit just before the tail reminds me of old cartoons where they "shuffle" a roast beef sandwich.
[–] storm69 ago
Supposedly, they were the inspiration for the juvenile form of the monster in Alien.