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The hairy squat lobster is ... not actually a lobster?

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[JustinPEstrada]

We can now confirm that a Dad writes the captions for these episodes.

[CrunchyRhombus]

I should be able to like this video twice for the 'mane' pun

[bigcat]

One thumbs down for pun. Now two thumbs down for puns.

[fckinnonstick]

It looks spider to me than a lobster lol

[cristauxfeur]

It's neither a lobster nor a crab, but it's pretty close to hermit crabs

[evrettej]

That would look so bad ass in my 100gallon fish tank

[OmegaMegalodon]

awesome! without this creatures, our ocean becomes a stinky garbage pool.

[ringh]

Whats the name of the song they had playing along?

[Mattteus]

I think that pun caused me renal failure!

[adamrounds]

Are they as delicious as lobster danties?

[vatablous]

Please fire the person who writes these puns.

[LeesaDeAndrea]

I stopped the video halfway because of the wretched music.