Has anyone seen this pic getting around?
don't know if its photo shopped, but thats one big mother mud crab.

starship troopers?

It's just a Queensland huntsman spider. They're big up here.

Looks like one of our redbacks, "only smaller".

i know a few pro crabers,but none have seen a muddie that big.

Yeah the crabs are pretty hectic in Qld,
just a heads up........ even shaving off all your pubes doesn't get rid of the mo'fo's. ummm,,eerrrrrr,,,so I was told.

I'll call it as a fake. What's going on with his right thigh and forearm in the open claw?

Nah, I don't think that's a fake. It's just a question of camera angle, zoom and depth of field that messes with your sense of persepective and scale.

Forced perspective
list25.com/25-awesome-examples-of-forced-perspective-photography/

he's got the crab on a 2 foot long stick, holding it up towards camera, so that hands & stick hidden by crab.

Come on guys, there are no shadows between his legs and the grass, or his body and the grass for that matter.
Pffffft.

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kiteboy dave said..
Forced perspective
list25.com/25-awesome-examples-of-forced-perspective-photography/

he's got the crab on a 2 foot long stick, holding it up towards camera, so that hands & stick hidden by crab.

In that case you'd see the shadow of the crab on him, a lot further away than the shadow actually is. Looks like the camera was a small point and shoot or a phone, with the flash slightly to the left of the lens. There's enough separation of the flash and the lens to see a shadow on the right of objects (like his left leg on the grass, or the crab's left claw on his leg).

Interestingly TinEye hasn't seen this image before, so it hasn't really done the rounds yet.

I'm calling this "Plausible".

^^^^^^

I'm going for optical illusion

Crab Sticks made to order.

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GypsyDrifter said..
Crab Sticks made to order.

Where do you live? You are killing girls while they sunbake in the park and now you have giant lobsters!

WA is a wild place

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Cobra said..
Has anyone seen this pic getting around?
don't know if its photo shopped, but thats one big mother mud crab.

Dont no wtf that is but it is not a mud crab

I once caught a measly 45cm snapper on a charter boat. Not impressed enough with it so when the camera was whipped out I held it at arm's length and viola! I had proof of catching a thumping 80cm snapper. I'm suspecting the same foul play in this pic.

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kiteboy dave said..

Obvious fake.
Pontiac Fiero is not consistent with other vehicles.

PLUS the Victoria's Secret billboard is in Arabic - there's a giveaway.

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Tractorguy said..

Cobra said..
Has anyone seen this pic getting around?
don't know if its photo shopped, but thats one big mother mud crab.

Dont no wtf that is but it is not a mud crab

looks like a muddie to me... these are

I think it's perspective and a big muddy. To me it looks like they are on a slope and the muddy has walked up hill towards the camera, giving the illusion of being much larger. Grass blades are different size under the muddy.

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pearl said..
I think it's perspective and a big muddy. To me it looks like they are on a slope and the muddy has walked up hill towards the camera, giving the illusion of being much larger. Grass blades are different size under the muddy.

thats a good call mate..about the hill.
when i first saw that photo, i made the same comment about the blades of grass.

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Cobra said..

pearl said..
I think it's perspective and a big muddy. To me it looks like they are on a slope and the muddy has walked up hill towards the camera, giving the illusion of being much larger. Grass blades are different size under the muddy.

thats a good call mate..about the hill.
when i first saw that photo, i made the same comment about the blades of grass.

Yep +1 but still I would love to turn up at a NT mud crab race with him in a wheelbarrow and let him run riot