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Carcinization is inevitable. We will all become crabs.

Let's Get Carcinized. What Kind Of Crab Are You?

What Kind Of Crab Are You?

It's Time To Find Out What Kind Of Crab You Will Carcinize Into Someday

First, where do you want to spend the rest of your life?

Which part of your body are you most proud of?

How much do you like to stand out?

Now, let's grab some grubs.

Being a crab is tough, how do you deal with your enemies?

Lastly, what motivates you to become a crab?

You have become Reginald the Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi. You are the biggest, greatest of them all. You are feared and admired by many. You are THE crab. But remember, you're only here on alternating Tuesdays.

Reginald

You have become the frog crab, Ranina ranina. You're not fully carcinized—your butt is sticking out—but who cares. You're still a crab. You get to spend the rest of your life chilling, buried under the sand in the warm shallows...waiting for your food to pass above you. Those pesky apes can't catch you if they can't see you.

Frog crab

You have become the porcelain crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus. You might be a false crab, but deep down you know you're still a crab after all. You spend the rest of your life surrounded by beautiful reefs, wrapped in the warm embrace of sea anemones who are ready to sting your enemies away.

Porcelain crab

You have become the vampire crab, Geosesarma dennerle. You are beauty. You are grace. You are a purple crab with a pretty face. But your beauty is a curse. You better hide from the pesky apes, or they might ship you on a plane, flying half a planet away.

Vampire crab

You have become the read-spined elbow crab, Aulacolambrus hoplonotus. You look like gunk, but hey, looking like trash is always a good plan to stay inconspicuous. Life in the seagrass meadow is a slow, serene one, but that doesn't stop you from following the latest trends. Like...dabbing?

Read-spined elbow crab

You have become the Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. You're not even a crustacean, but what matters the most is in your heart, right? Like, that bright blue blood, which protects you from diseases. Plus, you're heckin' cute.

Atlantic horseshoe crab

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Let's Get Carcinized. What Kind Of Crab Are You?

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