Tag: crab

• Monday, September 3rd 2018 - 08:32 UTC

  Falkland Islands: New titanium collector crown coins feature the crab

  

  The government and treasury of the Falkland Islands issued on 30th August new collector crown coins which feature one of the region’s most familiar side-walking sea-dwelling creatures — the ever familiar crab.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 01:11 UTC

  One meter giant deep-sea crab caught off the Isles of Scilly

  

  A giant deep-sea crab has been caught in a fisherman's nets off the Isles of Scilly. The one meter box crab, which has been named Spud, has a missing claw and is being cared for at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium. The species can grow up to 2m and is normally found at depths of 2.3km.