WEIRD AND FASCINATING CREATURES: Giant Japanese spider crab arrives in Britain

The Japanese spider crab, (Macrocheira kaempferi), is a very leggy deep-sea arthropod, and it’s the largest known arthropod. The Japanese spider crab shown—nicknamed Crabzilla—measures “10ft from claw to claw – is still growing, and could live until it is 100.” According to the Daily Mail, Crabzilla will be “display[ed] at the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham.”

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  3. wow that sucker is huge!!! and it’s real?!

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