Chinese Vending Machine Dispenes Live Shanghai Hairy Crabs

Eater.com:

Banana vending machines are cool and all, but in Nanjing they've got one that sells live crabs. One Shanghai Hairy Crab costs between the equivalent of US $1.50 to $7.50, depending on how large it is.

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[Hamster Hunter]

11:04 PM on 10/27/2010

The Chinese space program promises to put crab vending machines on the moon.

[Hamster Hunter]

11:02 PM on 10/27/2010

They could get crabs for free though on the New York city Subway.

[spytheweb]

07:10 PM on 10/26/2010

I was in Japan and they had vending machines for beer right on the street! That could never happen in the US.

[Thisbeautifulplanet]

05:32 PM on 10/25/2010

Some men act more like wild animals than wild animals themselves.

[crossoverwriter]

05:20 PM on 10/25/2010

Just plain EWWW!

[GirlUsingBrain]

04:35 PM on 10/25/2010

I realize it is a different culture ... but, it seems like th Chinese will eat anything!

[m2b]

08:38 PM on 10/25/2010

Americans don't eat crab? Yeah right.

[FTracy3]

12:27 PM on 10/25/2010

If I want live crabs in Shanghai I'll go to a brothel.

[VanTroi]

12:04 PM on 10/25/2010

Why? WTF?

[uniquindividual]

07:11 PM on 10/24/2010

I've read that this a vending machine in Japan, not China. Which makes more sense.

[Js420]

05:27 PM on 10/24/2010

China: a country where animals have absolutely no rights

[VanTroi]

12:04 PM on 10/25/2010

sad but true

[totalliberal]

10:42 PM on 10/23/2010

It is very important to the Chinese people to keep animals alive as long as possible so they can torture them to death before eating them. Sick.

[m2b]

08:39 PM on 10/25/2010

Kinda like cows in a feedlot in America wading knee deep in their own feces before meeting their death.

[ZubinTomato]

12:39 PM on 10/23/2010

For an extra nickel you can get with crabs with lead sauce.

[ArgumentumAdPopulum]

02:33 AM on 10/23/2010

I don't think selling crabs with a vending machine means the crabs must be treated badly.
If the vending machine is well designed to keep the crabs alive, maybe it's better than selling them in a seafood market...

[opprobrious]

01:50 AM on 10/23/2010

That's right. Put living beings in a vending machine. What an acceptable practice. Why don't they stuff puppies and kittens in vending machines too? I here they're a delicacy in some parts.

[Lennon Girl]

06:39 PM on 10/23/2010

I agree. I don't care if you eat it, but you don't keep it penned up in a refrigerator, ALIVE. I mean, what's next, freezers with live pigs in the US?

[Julie Zhou]

10:36 PM on 10/22/2010

Sometimes the Chinese can go really crazy in modernize themselves...