centipede
Three centipede and cockroach species are newly named and placed under protection in Okinawa
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Krista Rogers
Jul 27, 2021 - Tweet
- Japan
- (arthropod • centipede • cockroach • COK • insect • Ministry of the Environment • new species • Okinawa • protection)
Would you eat this centipede crab?
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Michelle Lynn Dinh
Oct 6, 2013
Culinary experts say that presentation is important, but we’re not sure this is what they were talking about.
Presumably born from some twisted chef’s nightmare, the crabipede is complete with creepy crawly legs and faux pinchers made out of crab legs, and even has a pretty convincing head and backend made of the shells of two crabs. The menacing curl in the crabipede’s body is enough to send lighthearted diners scurrying away.
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