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Animal rights activist Varun Virlan says he's horrified at a video that has gone viral -- showing a woman seasoning and then air-frying two crabs while they were still alive!

ICYMI ... a TikToker posted a cooking video last week showing how she prepared a dish featuring blue crabs -- she seasons some potatoes and corn, then the live crustaceans themselves, before placing them, still alive, in a glass-bottom air-fryer and cooking them for 15 minutes, with the camera showing their demise.

We spoke to the Virlan, the digital media director of Animal Save Movement, who says videos like these are exactly the problem with how crabs are excluded from being considered protected animals -- like dogs, cats, horses -- and are seen more like vegetables than animals.

It seems Rocket Raccoon's fallen on hard times ... 'cause instead of saving the Marvel Universe, he's smoking meth in Ohio -- or, at least a raccoon that looks like him is.

Body cam footage from in Springfield Township, Ohio Monday evening is going viral after an officer pulled a woman over and told her she had a warrant out for her arrest.

After putting her in cuffs, he goes back to the car ... and finds a raccoon sitting in the front seat -- hands wrapped around a glass cylinder.

A road rage incident in Oregon left a motorcyclist in critical condition after a minivan driver dramatically swerved across lanes to violently sideswipe him ... and, the alleged driver is now facing multiple charges.

Dash cam video of the Monday incident in Beaverton is going viral online ... showing a guy on a motorcycle seemingly flipping off the driver of a Kia Carnival and yelling as the two barrel down the highway.

All of a sudden, the Kia swerves hard and smashes into the motorcycle ... knocking the rider off the bike, sliding across lanes onto the shoulder at high speed.

Kylie Jenner had a toe-tal post-Met Gala disaster -- stuck in her stilettos because she literally glued her feet in ... on designer Maximilian Davis’ advice.

It was a sole-crushing scene on her IG Stories -- Kylie zoomed in on her flawless pedicure, which was dangerously close to destruction as her team frantically tried to pry her feet free.

With glue sealing her skin to the shoes, Kylie’s feet looked straight-up plastered into those heels -- and yep, she even let out an "Ow!" at one point, just to drive home how much of a pain fashion really can be.

Folks are outraged with Lisa from BLACKPINK ... and it's all because of what image appears to be on her underwear at the Met Gala ... Rosa Parks' mug.

The internet is going crazy over Lisa's panties, but not for anything sexual ... it looks like Rosa's face is stitched into the garment.

Rosa is one of the faces of the Civil Rights movement in America, and lots of people think it's offensive for her face to be on a piece of underwear.

Logan Paul only needed 6 seconds to prove he was a force to be reckoned with ... but his star power has far surpassed the now-defunct social media app he used to get famous -- with a goofy kid from Ohio turning into a household name and global entertainer.

Paul broke onto the scene via Vine ... gaining millions of followers for creating silly clips as a freshman at Ohio University, before dropping out and taking his talents to Los Angeles.

The self-proclaimed "Maverick" quickly lived up to the nickname ... and his following grew with his every move -- as well as his bank account.

Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" tour is off to a rocky start ... not only at the box office, but onstage too -- 'cause a couple errors by crew members seemed to have the pop star fuming.

The singer-songwriter performed at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles this week ... and, while marching down the stage during one of her shows, she looked to the ground to find her mark.

The Queen Bey appears shocked and turns around, searching for the "X" to mark her spot ... but, she can't seem to find it -- and, basically guesstimates where she needs to be.

A top primatologist is trying to bring some reason into the hundred men vs one gorilla debate ... explaining the main reason why a fight like this wouldn't go down -- and arguing this paints these beautiful creatures in a bad light.

We spoke with Michael Stern -- a Harvard-trained primatologist with decades of experience studying gorillas both in captivity and in the wild in Uganda -- and, he tells us the main reason this debate is so silly is because one gorilla would look around, see it was outnumbered and take off.

Stern says this is the equivalent of asking if a unicorn could take down a dinosaur -- or if a shark with a laser beam could blow up a submarine!

An OnlyFans star says she's not backing down from billboard vandals ... 'cause she plans on keeping her ad promoting her account up, even though it's been vandalized three times.

We spoke with Chloe Amour -- a porn star with a new billboard in L.A. -- and, she tells us she can't catch a break when it comes to incidents of her image being slashed.

Amour tells us Regency Outdoor -- the billboard company that keeps putting up Chloe's ad -- told her they suspect religious protesters might be behind the vandalization ... which she says means it ain't about her as much as what she does for a living.

The Pennsylvania woman cops say admitted to pooping on someone else's car as part of a road rage incident apparently had a lot to say about the matter ... police say she bragged about a clean poop that didn't need toilet paper.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the alleged 'Delco Pooper' Christina Solometo told police, "It was a clean poop, I didn't even have to wipe".

Cops say Solometo was arrested Thursday ... and we obtained her smiling mug shot.

Forget 100 guys vs. a gorilla ... can one unsuspecting referee withstand the impact of a flying portable s***er?? The answer is a big, fat nope!!

Video is making rounds on social media this week ... showing an official who was helping out at some intramural soccer matches at Penn State running for cover as a wild storm approached.

Unfortunately for the zebra, a portable toilet came out of nowhere and decked the guy.

Rick Ross says he has the blueprint for getting 100 humans to beat up a single gorilla — it’s all in guerrilla warfare recruiting!!!

TMZ Hip Hop linked up with the Biggest Boss in Burbank on Monday and got his take on the most viral topic of the moment.

The post has over 200 million views spawning varying opinions galore ... but Ross has it all mapped out.

Erika Jayne's a 'Real Housewife' who's lookin' real good ... relaxing in a tight swimsuit that will have all her fans doing a double take.

The reality television star shared the scorching snaps to Instagram this weekend ... showing off an all-black swimsuit glittering with rhinestones.

She shared a few pics ... one where she's sitting up, hands running through her bleach blonde hair while sitting on a balcony.

Pastor T.D. Jakes is stepping back from his duties in his megachurch ... announcing his successors months after a medical incident onstage ended with him on the operating table.

The pastor -- who served as the head of The Potter's House church since he founded it back in 1996 -- told the church Sunday that he would be handing over his duties to Sarah Jakes Roberts and Toure Roberts, his daughter and her husband.

Jakes released a long statement about his departure ... citing the need to address major economic issues of the time as part of the impetus for his decision -- claiming he wants to focus on "serving as a bridge between community, culture, and corporate alliances to help position our nation for a stronger future."

A man in China broke through a glass window to get out of an argument with his girlfriend ... and, we're breaking out an old TMZ favorite -- the caption contest!

Comments are back on our site, and the competition's back on, too ... so, we want your most creative caption for this wild, cartoon-like move.

The contest ends Monday night ... deadline to submit is Tuesday, April 29, at 12:01 AM PT ... and, don't try to argue with us on it -- 'cause we have a great new move to escape confrontation.

The winner will get $100 and a sweet TMZ T-shirt ... so, make the leap, type to your heart's content -- and make us laugh.

Lele Pons just wanted to find out the gender of her child ... and, nearly had to make an emergency room visit, too -- 'cause she fell pretty hard during the reveal.

The social media star and her singer-songwriter husband, Guaynaa, had their gender-reveal party Friday ... and, they decided to announce their baby's gender with a whole bunch of slippery slime.

Basically, they got a bunch of their family and friends to break up into two groups ... one underneath a "Boy" sign and another under a "Girl" sign -- with a fake dynamite trigger in the middle.