Crabzilla: A Spider Crab With 5 Foot Long Claws

By John Farrier in Animals & Pets on Feb 12, 2010 at 9:52 pm

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.

Link via reddit | Photo: BBC

Tags: crab, Crabzilla, spider crab

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XuYu
Feb 12th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
That looks delicious!
Gauldar
Feb 13th, 2010 at 2:14 am
Spider crab, spider crab! Look out! Here comes the spider crab!
LisaL
Feb 13th, 2010 at 3:04 am
Pass the butter… it’s eatin time!
BikerRay
Feb 13th, 2010 at 7:14 am
The article implies it’s still alive. So how did it survive being brought up from the depths?
zavatone
Feb 13th, 2010 at 11:07 am
I, for one, support our new crustacean overlords.
Kevin George
Feb 13th, 2010 at 11:44 am
The LEGS are five feet long. The claws aren’t five inches.
eastofottawa
Feb 13th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Hmm, I’m getting the urge to go mix up some garlic with butter right now…
atheists eat fish
Feb 13th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Hope it doesn’t become an STD.
Robolasse
Feb 14th, 2010 at 8:47 am
I say we go up in the shuttle and nuke the site from orbit!
Johnny Cat
Feb 14th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
@Robolasse: It’s the only way to be sure.
cocogreen
Feb 15th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
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.
CalamityKate
Feb 20th, 2010 at 3:02 am
….being violently alergic to shellfish… I broke into hives and started gagging just looking at that picture….

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