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Coming across these kind of constructs:

カニでもわかる＋名詞句

カニでもできる...

カニでも使える...

etc.

What does it mean? How is it used?

In general, what main associations would a "crab" create from a Japanese
cultural perspective? E.g. lion - brave; tanuki - sly; crab - ???
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"Even a crab" - Japanese proverbs (?)
I personally didn't know the very exact expression, but I can make a
reasonable guess that it's a variant of サルでも…… ("Even monkeys do..."). The
implication is quite similar to "for dummies" in English, which is to state
its easiness in exaggerated manner.

[One of web pages](http://jovivi.seesaa.net/article/18412361.html) using the
phrase declares:

> 昔、サルでもわかるナントカってのがありましたが、その上をいきます。 **カニでも分かる** 簿記！ホ乳類じゃなくても大丈夫！
>
> _There were some (books?) like "~~ For Monkeys" quite some time ago, but
> we'll go much farther. Bookkeeping **For Crabs**! You don't even need to be
> a mammal!_

By the way I'd like to add that my favorite one is
[ヤドンでもできるポケモン乱数調整](http://blog.livedoor.jp/rurou_raori/) ("Pokémon RNG
Manipulation for Slowpokes").
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