{"id":38919,"date":"2024-05-24T13:34:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T11:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7584d8a5-bdc0-4280-a2b5-08638da09739"},"modified":"2024-05-24T14:36:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T12:36:51","slug":"whats-the-biggest-crab-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/whats-the-biggest-crab-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s the biggest crab in the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The biggest crab in the world has a leg span of nearly 4 metres and weighs 13.6kg <\/p>

By <\/p>

Published: Friday, 24 May 2024 at 11:34 AM<\/p>

\n\n

The biggest crab in the world, says Stuart Blackman, has to be the Japanese spider crab<\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>

In terms of linear dimensions, crabs don\u2019t come bigger, and there’s a museum specimen in the Netherlands that has a massive legspan of 3.7m.<\/p>

Weighing 13.6kg, the Japanese spider crab may also be the heaviest crab, but the Tasmanian giant crab, a stockier species, also has a claim there.<\/p>

What animals can I see in Tasmania?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>
According to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery<\/a>, it can reach 17.6kg, which is nudging the standard airline baggage allowance. <\/p>
Also worth a mention is the coconut (or robber) crab of the Indo-Pacific. At about 4kg, it is the heaviest of all terrestrial invertebrates and powerful enough to open coconuts.<\/p>
Discover more fascinating facts about crabs<\/strong> and the different species<\/strong><\/p>
Why do crabs walk sideways?<\/a><\/li>
What’s the oldest creature on earth?<\/a><\/li>
Hermit crabs: all you need to know from how they choose their shell to what they eat<\/a><\/li>
Porcelain crabs guide: what they are, where they live – and why they don’t mind losing a limb or two…<\/a><\/li>
Pea crabs guide: what they are and their lifecycle<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n
","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The biggest crab in the world has a leg span of nearly 4 metres and weighs 13.6kg <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38920,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/05\/whats-the-biggest-crab-in-the-world.jpg",2000,1499,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/05\/whats-the-biggest-crab-in-the-world-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/05\/whats-the-biggest-crab-in-the-world-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/05\/whats-the-biggest-crab-in-the-world-768x576.jpg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/05\/whats-the-biggest-crab-in-the-world-1024x767.jpg",800,599,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/05\/whats-the-biggest-crab-in-the-world-1536x1151.jpg",1536,1151,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/05\/whats-the-biggest-crab-in-the-world.jpg",2000,1499,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The biggest crab in the world has a leg span of nearly 4 metres and weighs 13.6kg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/38919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}