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How to hold an angry blue crab viral video

The video from LouisianaCrawfishCo sits at number eleven on YouTube's U.S. trending chart in Pets and Animals; BBN has seen only the title.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger on BBN Tonight
Published 9:19 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

Photo: Wendy Kaveney · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0

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Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger on this story, from BBN Tonight at 9:19 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are YouTube (LouisianaCrawfishCo)'s, the jokes are ours.

Photo: Blue crab — Photo: Wendy Kaveney · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0

At a glance

First reported by YouTube (LouisianaCrawfishCo): “How to hold an angry blue crab viral video”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 9:19 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger.

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YouTube (LouisianaCrawfishCo)How to hold an angry blue crab viral video

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYouTube's trending chart has a video from the channel LouisianaCrawfishCo called how to hold an angry blue crab, with just over two million views.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWe have not seen it. We have the title, the channel, and the number, and that is plenty to work with.

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