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Joneskind t1_ja7n1hj wrote

Nooooo my good dude from the internets !!

It just mean he’s a Cancer Productus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_productus?wprov=sfti1

PS: What a fucking weird name to give to an animal. I didn’t know before I checked.

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Vermillion_Shadow t1_ja7ut49 wrote

I mean cancer is a crab in zodiac, isn’t it? I’m not sure where productus comes in though.

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jsw9000 OP t1_ja8fd65 wrote

It produces cancer, obviously.

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Andreiy31 t1_ja8pox8 wrote

Well Mr Krabs produces whales not cancer

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cyan_violet t1_ja8wdft wrote

He produces highly prized secret formulas as well.

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AverageStormTrooper1 t1_ja8uu35 wrote

He does own a fast-food restaurant. All that fried food has got to be carcinogenic.

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Lanster27 t1_ja9m9eo wrote

It’s ok because he feeds other marine animals and they usually dont live long enough for cancer to develop.

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ExiledToTerminus t1_ja8q67y wrote

"productus" in this context likely means "stretched out" or "lengthened", so it basically means "stretched out crab", which is a decent description from the images

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PauseAndEject t1_ja9fvps wrote

Productus crabs are notorious for appearing in 4:3, however the overwhelming majority of sealife have long since evolved to appear in 16:9

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Burst_of_Speed t1_ja9b9r4 wrote

> zodiac

The word you're looking for is "Latin". It means crab in Latin.

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Ultraviolet_Motion t1_ja9bvg0 wrote

Cancer (cell mutation) got it's name from Cancer (crabs) because when the ancient Greeks observed people with cancer they saw hard red growths on their skin.

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Jechtael t1_jaa6sqv wrote

I read that it was because stomach cancers were described as feeling like a crab is trying to claw its way out of you.

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PB4UGAME t1_ja9e5dz wrote

I just want to point out this line from the linked page:

>"This species is commonly nicknamed the Pearl of the Pacific Northwest."

What's Mr. Krab's daughter's name again? Oh yeah, Pearl. 🤔

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ATAKER9000 t1_ja7szdn wrote

Would you like to buy some cancer productus?

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