An Evil Crab for Witful...

[SaltyQueen]

An Evil Crab for Witfull...

This guy was at the Shedd Aquarium... He's a Giant Japanese Spider Crab- their leg spans can get up to 12 feet!!! Now THAT is one evil crab!!!

(I apologize for the quility- it's a still from video taken with my digital camcorder...)

 

[fidojoe]

EEEEKKK!!! Thats spooky! And FUGLY!

 

[sorcerer]

Be interesting to see the foolish hawkfish that decides to take that one on! Imagine opening a big shipment of liverock and finding one of those as a hitchhiker....

 

[Witfull]

now that is a CRAB!!

 

[NaH2O]

Wow!! I bet that thing would really like to taunt you, wit!

 

[SaltyQueen]

this particular one looked to be about 3 feet across (with his legs bent, probably almost 5 feet with them stretched out). Definitely wouldn't want to come across him while swimming!

 

[Maxx]

YUM YUM Eat 'em up!!!

 

[Craig Manoukian]

Wow, quite the size for a cold water crab, eh? Oh, that's right King Crabs are cold water species as well!

:smirk:

 

[wooddood]

where's the butter? lets eat.

 

[Pro_builder]

That is one nasty lookin thing

 

[ScottT1980]

I had a spider crab in my local species tank...

They definitly are one of the ugliest things to come out of the sea.

Take er easy
Scott T.