Giant Monster From the Deep Japanese Spider Crab With legs long enough to straddle a Buick, this sea monster plucked from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, measures a staggering ten feet from claw to claw It currently resides in Britain at the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, and retains the honor of being the biggest crab ever seenIt is a crab called the Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) Adult Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) in an aquarium Size comparisons among various speciesMeet the largest crab in the world Weighing up to 40 pounds and reaching up to 18 feet from claw to claw, it can grow to triple the size of the average man!
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