Giant Japanese spider crab in UK Public Aquarium

[naturebatslast]

"Dubbed Crabzilla, his front feeding limbs are more than 5ft (1.5m) long and end in big claws.
The Sea Life Centre will be his home until the end of March when he will be taken to his permanent home in Belgium.
The crabs are commonly found in the Pacific in 1,000 ft (300m) deep waters but have been known to live deeper."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/8504132.stm

 

[Jim Tansey]

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[naturebatslast]

That's a giant coconut crab.

 

[SteveDola]

is that real?

 

[naturebatslast]

Which one? But they are both real, the spider crab is actually small.