My son's favorite monster
We were watching a science show about crabs. These little buggers are delicious, and they've populated almost every conceivable nook and cranny on Earth. It was pretty cool -- the forest crabs of Christmas Island, giant crabs, tiny crabs, crabs that live symbiotically with sea cucumbers, and more.
All the closeup photography made these things look like giant monsters, which inspired Bonnie to ask if there was ever a Godzilla movie that featured a giant crab-type thing. As near as I can tell, she was thinking about Ganime, who was featured in the 1970 Toho classic Yog Monster from Space.
At the time she asked, though, I couldn't remember. "I'm not sure if Godzilla ever fought a giant crab," I said.
James, our almost three year old, had been playing with toys on the living room floor, but had been living listening intently.
"Ackshy," he said, his word for 'actually,' "I just like Ghidowah. Him have thwee heads."