Alien! Giant Spider Crab Molting (time-Lapse)
Time-lapse video of the giant crab spider discarding it's old shell.
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Lobsters do the same thing too.
What you saw was the crab soaks up a bunch of seawater, the pressure basically explodes the shell open, he crawls out, then releases the seawater and the new shell hardens fairly quickly.
This is also how they regrow a lot limb, claw, even their eyes if they lost one in a battle.
This is also the only time a female can copulate...for a very short time after crawling out of the shell.
What's even more weird is that, if there's no other food around, they w More..
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByStePat67 (348.42) 
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Nice info, you must have crabs.
Posted Jun-22-2010 Bykcdrummaster (19.88) 
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I forgot to mention that the crab keeps some of the extra seawater until the shell hardens, usually around 10-20%...then sheds that excess water, thus the new shell is big a roomy enough to grow some more.
...had crabs once...no fun...and hanging around in the swimming pool to drown them is a myth
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByStePat67 (348.42) 
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That was a definite lol.
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByBouffard (44.40) 
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"Don't Throw Toothpicks In The Urinals, Crabs Pole-vault"
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByAdrenaline-OD (1593.88) Adrenaline-OD Send Message
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LOL !
There was two ways of taking that sentence and i took it the immature way. Yes i am proud and i will stand by my decsion !
Posted Jun-23-2010 Bydannydandan (178.06) 
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wow, thats crazy! Now imagine thousand of those things doing this at the same time in the same spot, cause it happens
Posted Jun-22-2010 Bybambula (76.40) bambula Send Message
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Ahhhhh!!! Kill them, bring in the nukes!!!!!
Posted Jun-23-2010 ByJihadslayer (174.20) Jihadslayer Send Message
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shut the fuck up, you fucking cons rednecks and go breed with your inbred racist redneck family..
Posted Jun-23-2010 Bybambula (76.40) bambula Send Message
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Holy shit!!! You realize that I was joking, right? I don't have a single drop of red neck on me, jackass.
Posted Jun-23-2010 ByJihadslayer (174.20) Jihadslayer Send Message
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made getting all those legs out look easy.
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByKolariah (211.46) Kolariah Send Message
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Wild vid man! Crazy cool!
Posted Jun-22-2010 Byzuluking (198.82) 
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yum...soft shell crab
Posted Jun-22-2010 Byrlnbns (1541.82) 
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yeah man, that shit was like from the movie Aliens...
I thought just the body part came off... not the crab jumping out of its old skin. thats odd looking
Posted Jun-23-2010 Byqwerty42 (633.02) 
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How did it pull all those legs out of there? Its hard enough to get your hand out of a sweaty glove!!
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByDarioInfini (208.74) 
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Or your leg out of wet pants.
Posted Jun-23-2010 Byblackrabbit66 (3841.02) 
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That's some trippy shit. I didn't know, or possible that I had completely forgotten that crabs shed their skin/shell. Interseting. Thanks for sharing.
Posted Jun-22-2010 Bymael85 (355.52) 
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always something cool going on in nature.
I had no idea they did that.
But I did learn crustaceans go "crunch-squish" and mammalians: squish-crunch ... when stepped on.
Posted Jun-23-2010 Byyycc (210.76) 
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So when it first slides out ... is that just meat?
Cuz it didn't look alien to me at all -- looked like all it needed is five minutes in a wok and a butter garlic glaze.
Posted Jun-22-2010 Bymichael567 (1985.80) michael567 View Channel Send Message
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Basically yep.
With all that seawater in it though, it'd shrink up in the saute pan by about 80%....nothing to hold the moisture in, so it would all purge out.
Still a good couple bites left though
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByStePat67 (348.42) 
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That's why soft shell crabs are usually breaded and deep fried...to keep the moisture in.
I'm curious if a spider crab is sweet like Snow or King crab...never eaten one.
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByStePat67 (348.42) 
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The Japanese spider crab, Macrocheira kaempferi, is the largest living arthropod; fully grown it can reach a leg span of almost 4 m (13 ft), a body size of up to 37 cm (15 inches) and a weight of up to 20 kg (44 lb). The Japanese spider crab is caught using small trawling nets, and is often eaten salted and steamed and has a sweet flavor. The Japanese spider crab is also used for research and ornamental purposes. It has a gentle disposition but numbers of the crab have diminished over recent yea More..
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByAdrenaline-OD (1593.88) Adrenaline-OD Send Message
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Interesting...that's some big ass crab!
I recall reading about the discovery of commercially available King Crabs in the Aleutian Islands by the US Military in the late 40's/early 50's.
Close to shore, there were millions of them, many up to 5 feet across.
The sailors were saying how afraid they were of them if they fell in the water....funny thing is, if you fall in the water where King Crabs live, the crab is the least of your worries, since the water is so cold.
BTW, if you ever want to g More..
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByStePat67 (348.42) 
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can poor people afford crab?
Posted Jun-22-2010 Byliveleakblos (23.40) 
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you know, if insects like roaches and beatles were bigger, we'd be eating them like crab and lobster
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByNurb (1005.92) 
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So true...lobster (Maine) is very closely related to cockroaches.
Back in the 1600-1700's, prisoners in New england were fed lobster 3 meals a day, 7 days a week, nobody else would eat them.
After many complaints, a judge finally ruled that prisoners could not be fed lobster more than 7 meaks per week.
Of course that guy who met the firing squad in Utah had lobster for his last meal
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByStePat67 (348.42) 
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---you first---
Posted Jun-23-2010 ByLANEARNOLD (166.86) 
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Never been to Thailand ? My wife loves that shit, they eat it all..
Posted Jun-23-2010 ByTingtongbah (10.04) 
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Thanks for fucking up my midnight snack jerk!!!!
I'll have nightmares now!!!
Posted Jun-23-2010 ByJihadslayer (174.20) Jihadslayer Send Message
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Thanks for that appetizing visual.
Posted Jun-23-2010 Byalopias (262.38) 
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out with the old in with the new
Posted Jun-22-2010 BySLAMDANCE (120.00) 
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Cockroach of the sea..
Posted Jun-22-2010 ByMaxisminion (7496.20) Maxisminion Send Message
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Awesome vid!
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