Enoshima Aquarium (Fujisawa, Japan) has released some time-lapse footage of a molting Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi), whose 3.8 meter (12 ft 6 in) leg span makes it the world's largest arthropod species. The video was shot over a 6-hour period.
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AdelaideBen
oooo... that's nasty.... and yet very mesmerising. I'm so glad that we skipped that evolutionary path!
[ ]Paul
WOW. Creepy. But WOW....
[ ]Norman
Interesting. Now it has what appears to be a companion with it. Maybe that's what it wanted...
[ ]cmh
It's like Alien.
[ ]Tom
Don't you people see? This is the moment when they're vulnerable! This is when to strike! To kill them all! We could turn this thing around yet!
[ ]TeeDot
lol I wonder if this would taste good as Alaskian crabs
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