10K views · 1.4K reactions | The Japanese spider crab, shown in the...

Japanese spider crabs put the “leg” in “legendary!” These crustacean sensations are the largest crabs in the world, with ten appendages that can span up to 12 feet (3.8 meters) from claw to claw. These gangly, glorious giants travel easily over mud on their long and limber legs to scavenge leftover scraps or dead animals that fall from above. Our new exhibit, “Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean,” features a whale-fall community living around the model bones of a young sperm whale, i

227K views · 947 reactions | Amazing footage of hundreds of thousands of giant spider crabs just chilling. | Mashable | Facebook

This footage of these giant spider crabs is incredible!! Each year as the water cools, hundreds of thousands of these crabs migrate to our shores to protect themselves from predators. #9Today | TODAY