Crabzilla - This last week a photo has been going around the web where a "crabzilla," a giant crab, appeared in the Kent shore. Could this be real?
The "crabzilla" that has been discussed is one that is apparently 50-foot-long, according KXAN. The picture taken was an aerial one in the shore of Kent, England and if it was real, it would be indeed the largest crab in the world.
Another question that has been made is if the "crabzilla" could be a Japanese Spider Crab, which is the largest crab in the world known up to the moment.
The size that the Japanese spider crab can have is up to 3.8 meters and it can weigh up to 19 kilograms. This doubt was consulted with Dr Verity Nye and noted by the Daily Mail.
"The idea of a giant "crabzilla" would be very exciting. Unfortunately, I think it is a hoax."
Dr Nye is an Ocean and Earth Science researcher at the University of Southampton. She has shared that the sizes can vary but it is virtually impossible that a size of 50-foot-long could be achieved.
Also, there was another important detail that she mentioned.
"Crabs with a 'pie crust edge,' like the one in the crabzilla image, are known as edible crabs, or Cancer pagarus, but tend to grow only from 20 to 30 centimeters."
In other words, what she is saying, is that the crab referred as "crabzilla" has a shape that is the regular one that we can see lying in the beach or walking from here to there.
It's the regular crab that we have seen and know. Anyone that sees that picture would automatically think that it's a crab and not something else. And the size that it has is too small to ever be that.
So, unfortunately, there is no chance that "crabzilla" is real and the Japanese spider crab will remain as the biggest crab in the world still.
