Businessman Snaps Up Gigantic Crabs at Auction

A Wenzhou businessman spent $2,466 on a pair of huge crabs at an auction in Nanjing last week as gifts for his parents on the occasion of Double Ninth Festival, a day for the elderly.

The two crabs, weighing 1 pound and .6 pounds respectively, were granted the title of the “king and queen of the crabs” at a crab festival in mid-October.

The businessman surnamed Xu, who had been worrying about what to get for his parents, was inspired to buy the crabs when he heard an auction was being held.

By Sun Tzu on 09-11-2006