What the hell is this?

I think this comment from the comments section on the link ID’d it…

“It’s a Moron crab ..named after the idiots poking it!”

Yeah, that would identify it, if there were such a thing as a Moron Crab. Which there isn’t.

It looks like it could be a Sea Dragon. And you’re right, they do look more like plants. I’m assuming its their cover from predators.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=sea+dragon+image&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari
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What a cool looking creature!

So cool.

“Make it move!” Ungh. Humans.

It’s actually a decorator crab

Wonder why the guy has a bloody knife poking at it?

@chyna They were fishing.

I moron crab is apt.
they can operate a camera, but odds on that “make it move” advanced to “kill it!”.

Cool creature, though. I probably would have thrown it back – surely if they could be raised as pets there would be on in every pet shop.

Decorator Crab looks right. Thanks.

Triffids are probably a lot bigger.