Shore crabs can smell with their feet, and can detect the equivalent of one drop of a chemical in 100 Olympic swimming pools.
The Seychelles is home to the world’s largest land-dwelling crustacean, the 3ft-long coconut crab. And yes, it loves to eat coconuts.
Chumbe Island in Tanzania is home to the coconut crab. It can grow up to a metre in length.
The Seychelles is home to the world’s largest land-dwelling crustacean, the 3ft-long coconut crab. And yes, it loves to eat coconuts.
Chumbe Island in Tanzania is home to the coconut crab. It can grow up to a metre in length.
The Japanese spider crab has the greatest leg span of any arthropod, reaching 3.7 metres (12.1 ft) from claw to claw and can weigh up to 19 kilograms (42 lb). It is reported to have a gentle disposition despite its ferocious appearance.
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| A Japanese spider crab By Tsarli at English Wikipedia |
Hermit crabs need to find new shells to move into as they grow. If one finds a shell that is too big it'll wait for a larger crab to come along so it can take their old shell. Other crabs congregate waiting for available shells and form a line from largest to smallest so they can all swap shells.
Horseshoe crabs have blue blood which has the ability to respond to bacteria in a way like no other creature on Earth.
Recently discovered in the forests of the Western Ghats in South India, Kani Maranjandu are the only species of crab that lives entirely in trees.
Joseph Stalin ordered thousands of red crabs to be moved from Alaska to the Soviet Union to provide a sustainable food source. Thousands turned in to millions, spilling in to surrounding coastlines and damaging wildlife.
The Cucumber Rind Cup is a trophy awarded each year to the winner of the Miss Crustacean beauty pageant for crabs in New Jersey.
True crabs can walk slowly in any direction, but when they need to hurry, they usually move sideways.
Crabs have their own version of the fist pump. Male crabs wave their claws in the air to attract females.
Horseshoe crabs have blue blood which has the ability to respond to bacteria in a way like no other creature on Earth.
Recently discovered in the forests of the Western Ghats in South India, Kani Maranjandu are the only species of crab that lives entirely in trees.
Joseph Stalin ordered thousands of red crabs to be moved from Alaska to the Soviet Union to provide a sustainable food source. Thousands turned in to millions, spilling in to surrounding coastlines and damaging wildlife.
The Cucumber Rind Cup is a trophy awarded each year to the winner of the Miss Crustacean beauty pageant for crabs in New Jersey.
True crabs can walk slowly in any direction, but when they need to hurry, they usually move sideways.
Crabs have their own version of the fist pump. Male crabs wave their claws in the air to attract females.
The first vending machine to sell live crabs debuted in 2010 in a train station in Nanjing, China. The machine sells about 200 live crabs a day, with prices from $2 to $7. A sign next to the machine states each crab will come out alive, offering refund of three live crabs for every dead one to pop out.
Crab rangoon was invented by a chef at a San Francisco restaurant in the 1950s.
Globally, people consume about 1.5 million tons of crab meat every year.
Crab rangoon was invented by a chef at a San Francisco restaurant in the 1950s.
Globally, people consume about 1.5 million tons of crab meat every year.
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