From Newsgroup: aus.politics

There are bad ideasa and then thereAs whatever just happened on live television at a fish market in Australia.

A Today show weather reporter, Taylor Haynes, went down to the Sydney
Fish Market thinking she was going to do a nice, wholesome Easter
seafood segment.

Talk about fresh fish. Maybe hold up a lobster. Smile for the camera.
Easy money.

Instead? She got absolutely WORKED by a crab on live TV.

It starts off innocent enough. SheAs chatting with some seafood guy,
asking to see one of the more expensive items, and he hands her a
massive live crab. Red flag number one. If a guy who handles sea
creatures for a living casually hands you something and steps back,
thatAs on you.

Immediately sheAs like, oYou didnAt tell me it was a big crab!o which is objectively hilarious because what did you think was coming, a goldfish?

So now sheAs holding this absolute UNIT of a crab, struggling a bit,
laughing it off, saying itAs basically crushing her hand. CrowdAs loving
it. Classic morning TV chaos. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Then someone in the studio, shoutout to chaos agent Michael Atkinson,
decides to take it to the next level and says, oHey, why donAt you kiss
it?o

And this is where everything goes off the rails.

Because instead of saying oabsolutely not,o like any normal human with survival instincts, she leans in and actually gives the crab a little
kiss on the head.

The crab, understandably, takes that personally.

Immediately clamps down on her finger like it just found breakfast.

Cue instant panic.

oAh, itAs got my finger!o she yells, which yeaha no kidding. The crab is LOCKED IN. Not letting go. No negotiations. No warnings. Just straight business.

Now youAve got a full blown scene. Seafood guy scrambling to help.
Studio hosts watching in horror. Taylor trying to laugh through what is
very clearly a brutal pinch that is not part of the original broadcast
plan.

At one point they literally had to use a metal rod to pry this thing off
her finger. A METAL ROD. ThatAs when you know youAre in too deep.

And somehow, through all of this, sheAs still keeping it together better
than 99% of people would. I wouldAve been on the floor screaming for my
life. SheAs cracking jokes.

Later on she pops back up with her hand in a cup of cold water like she
just finished a backyard BBQ accident, casually saying sheAs heading to
the hospital.

oIAm still in shock,o she says, which is the calmest possible way to
describe getting attacked by seafood on national television.

And the best part? Still thinking about the bag.

oSurely I get a free crab out of this.o

ThatAs a pro right there. Gets bit, almost loses a finger, immediately
asks about compensation.

Moral of the story, if you ever find yourself holding a giant live crab
and someone tells you to kiss it, maybea just maybea donAt.

Because that crab is waiting. And it does not care that youAre on TV.

https://vidmax.com/video/237620-aussie-tv-reporter-babe-tried-to-kiss-a- monster-crab-on-live-tv-and-immediately-gets-wrecked
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