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title: a crab with brains, a note by Arthur Galvão
url: https://arthurgalvao.work/notes/a-crab-with-brains
lang: en
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# a crab with brains, a note by Arthur Galvão

> Oct 7, 2026. Posted on [X](https://x.com/arthurgalvaorl/status/2107970733196411196), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7513736283785945088/), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/DeNfQ6hkexc/)

Markdown version of https://arthurgalvao.work/notes/a-crab-with-brains, the same content as the page, for AI agents and language models.

if you grew up in recife, you've seen this crab sold tied in bunches on the side of the road.

it's the caranguejo-uçá, from the mangrove mud. in the 90s, chico science and the manguebeat crowd called themselves crabs with brains.

i figured a crab with brains would also know how to fight 🦀💥

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