It depends on the diameter of the crab's cardiac stomach. Crabs with smaller cardiac stomachs tend to have reduced eyesight which means that when they see a fish swimming above them they could perceive it to be flying. However, with a smaller cardiac stomach, there is usually also a smaller frontal cortex which would result in decreased thought process so then they wouldn't be thinking about what form of transportation the fish was using and rather would just be looking for their next meal....
Dr. Fishcrab, PhD on May 10, 2017
... However, if that fish used the swimming techniques of the orca whale, which is not a fish, then it would seem very easy to realize what they are doing to the crab- but their "easy" perception would conclude in the crab thinking that the orca whale was a flying....
Dr. Fishcrab, PhD on May 10, 2017
...These crabs that we are thinking about, remember, have smaller cardiac stomachs, so they probably wouldn't notice the difference between an orca whale, which isn't a fish, and a whale shark, which is a fish. So therefore, to answer your question, A crab is thinking that there is a flying fish, but a fish is not being thought of as in flight by a crab.
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NO BUT THE SMELL THE FISH
NO on May 9, 2017
It depends on the diameter of the crab's cardiac stomach. Crabs with smaller cardiac stomachs tend to have reduced eyesight which means that when they see a fish swimming above them they could perceive it to be flying. However, with a smaller cardiac stomach, there is usually also a smaller frontal cortex which would result in decreased thought process so then they wouldn't be thinking about what form of transportation the fish was using and rather would just be looking for their next meal....
Dr. Fishcrab, PhD on May 10, 2017
... However, if that fish used the swimming techniques of the orca whale, which is not a fish, then it would seem very easy to realize what they are doing to the crab- but their "easy" perception would conclude in the crab thinking that the orca whale was a flying....
Dr. Fishcrab, PhD on May 10, 2017
...These crabs that we are thinking about, remember, have smaller cardiac stomachs, so they probably wouldn't notice the difference between an orca whale, which isn't a fish, and a whale shark, which is a fish. So therefore, to answer your question, A crab is thinking that there is a flying fish, but a fish is not being thought of as in flight by a crab.
Dr. Fishcrab, PhD on May 10, 2017
No.
DaQueen on May 16, 2017
No.
Crab on May 18, 2017
Maybe, yeah.
TimOldSchool on June 4, 2017
Yes
Me on June 13, 2017
i mean....why not
jungleboii on July 19, 2017
idk i mean we arent crabz
bob on January 22, 2019
umm
ghinny on January 22, 2019
What? What are you talking about? Fish fly... every crab knows that. What is wrong with you?
A crab on August 13, 2019