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Crab

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Crab
CrabPixel.png: Infobox image for Minecraft entity 'Crab'
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    "title": "Crab",
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The crab was a proposed mob featured in the Mob Vote during Minecraft Live 2023, alongside the armadillo and penguin.[1] It would have spawned in mangrove swamps, and would've had a large arm that it could lose, dropping a crab claw. The crab claw could be used to place blocks from further away. Crabs would have been bred with kelp. Crabs would have occasionally waved at players and other crabs.[2]

The crab lost the vote with only 32.5% of the votes.

Preview video

Trivia

  • Crabs resemble fiddler crabs, known for the males having one claw much larger than the other.
  • Early development model and texture of the crab.
    Early development model and texture of the crab.
  • Mob vote image.
    Mob vote image.
  • Thumbnail of the crab announcement article
    Thumbnail of the crab announcement article
  • Header of the crab announcement article
    Header of the crab announcement article
  • The crab
    The crab
  • The crab walking while waving
    The crab walking while waving
  • The crab walking then stopping to wave
    The crab walking then stopping to wave
  • The crab claw
    The crab claw
  • The switch to vote for the crab on the 2023 Mob Vote Event.
    The switch to vote for the crab on the 2023 Mob Vote Event.
  • A banner of the crab on the aforementioned server.
    A banner of the crab on the aforementioned server.
  • Kai on top of a large crab statue.
    Kai on top of a large crab statue.
  • A recreation of the crab based on the Discord emote.
    A recreation of the crab based on the Discord emote.
  • Hologram of a crab in the Eerie Mojang Office Party.
    Hologram of a crab in the Eerie Mojang Office Party.
  • The animation that could have played if the crab won the mob vote
    The animation that could have played if the crab won the mob vote

References

  1. ↑ "Mob Vote: Crab" by Sophie Austin – Minecraft.net, October 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ "MOB VOTE NEWS

    The descriptions of Mob Vote 2023 in Minecraft China Edition are a little different, I translated them!

    So maybe we can find something new in these texts:

    #Minecraft #MinecraftLive #MinecraftMobVote"     – @ZouChenyunfei on X (formerly Twitter), October 7, 2023

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