Sea Schooling – Seafood DreamsSea Schooling Seafood Dreams – Your Favourite Seafood Elaborated
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They have incredibly long life spans when they are not taken up by fishermens nets and the occasional predator that is after them. These giant crabs have been found on land but generally spends its days scurrying along the oceans floor at depths of 300 to 400 meters looking for food is where they spend their days, looking for dead organisms or living kelp to feed off of. These giant crabs are dark orange and tan in color and never usually try and camouflage themselves from predators and other larger animals looking for a meal.
They have such long legs that they mostly look like a fierce competitor. Though their claws are incredible strong and sharp, their leg joints are incredibly weak making them an easy target if in a real underwater struggle. Description The Japanese Spider Crab has the longest leg span of an arthropod. With a span measuring, at the largest found, 12 feet from claw to claw.
Typically fishermen and others find on average 4 feet from claw to claw.
But due to the long life span that they are known to have, it is possible to find more of them with giant spanning legs deep within the oceans floors. There are both male and female, each having their own characteristics. The males main front claws are longer than those of the females, distinguishing them from one another.
They have tan or dark orange bodies, even some with a mix of the two colors, with no need to truly camoflauge themselves from predators. They have 8 legs like that of a traditional land spider, yet amazingly can survive with only 3 if left with that many due to fights and injuries that occur under the oceans floor. But, during their molting period they are able to regenerate legs and revive their bodies with new limbs. Reproduction There are males and females in the Japanese Spider Crab family, which makes reproduction in the wild possible.
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Source: (seafood) http://www.seaeducation.org