Either way, a steady diet can assist certain crab species in growing to incredible sizes. The biggest crab in the world, the Japanese spider crab, is capable of achieving a leg span of more than ...
They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods ... those appendages are its 10 legs. Japanese spider crabs live on the Pacific side of Japan as far south as Taiwan and at chilly depths ...
Coconut crabs of the tropics are large, cat-sized, crustaceans known for their indiscriminate eating habits and suspected to ...
Sometimes when a new shell turns up, hermit crabs will form a line, biggest to smallest ... The larval crabs will live on ocean plankton, molting through several stages before acquiring a shell ...
This is the biggest crab in the world. ANDY TORBET ... ANDY TORBET:'But their most amazing skill 'is the ability to live in seriously deep parts of the ocean.' ANDY TORBET:Japanese giant spider ...