Crabzilla: A Spider Crab With 5 Foot Long Claws - Neatorama

A Japanese spider crab named Crabzilla, thought to be the biggest ever in the UK, has claws more than five feet long:

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.

Curator Graham Burrows said: "It is rumoured these crabs can grow as big as four metres, big enough to straddle a car.

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....being violently alergic to shellfish... I broke into hives and started gagging just looking at that picture....

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They are actually not a deep sea creature. They live off the coast of Japan and yes, they do eat them there. I've seen them in person and they gave me nightmares for a week.

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@Robolasse: It's the only way to be sure.

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I say we go up in the shuttle and nuke the site from orbit!

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Hope it doesn't become an STD.

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"As one of the city's only female detectives, Carol Bixby was often stuck with non-detective chores". Was this written in 1970?

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It's not clear that Mark is guilty, because it just says that he was holding the skillet in his left hand, flipping pancakes. It doesn't make clear that he wasn't using a spatula with his right hand. I'm right-handed, so I'll hold the pan with my left hand, and the implement with my right. If it had made clear that Mark was flipping the pancakes with just the pan, it would have been clearer.

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My keyboard only works when plugged into the left side port of the keyboard. I'm right handed. So?

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