I think if we remove the stone, the crab would return to life.
3 seconds sound clip from the Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:40:55.114 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Yes.
- Why didn't the grenades hurt it?
- Remember what the journal said about the worm?
- Yeah, that a knife passed through it like water.
- The stone penetrated its brain or motor area, or whatever keeps the thing alive.
- I think if we remove the stone, the crab would return to life.
- Well, let's just leave it be, huh?
- There. Now we have a specimen.
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