Weird Facts About Crabs
By, Athony Stearman
Fact 2.
The largest crab in the world is the Giant Japanese Spider Crab, which can measure up to 13 feet across.
Biggest crab to smallest crab
Japanese Spider Crab
BIGGEST
AWESOME V.S!
Pea Crab
SMALLEST! Sizing at about the size of a pea. Now that's small!
Fact 3.
There are about 5,000 species of crabs.
Fact 5.
The word "Cancer" is related to the word "Crab" In latin, which is why the astrological sign, "Cancer" is a crab. (IM A CANCER!)
(This is why I am happy) Cancer from one of my favorite shows!
Fact 6.
Crabs communicate by flapping their pincers or drumming their claws.
Fact 7.
Crabs can regrow limbs, so they can lose a claw or a leg in a fight, and it will grow back.
Fact 8.
Crabs are distant relatives of spiders.
Fact 9.
Crabs are known as, "spiders of the sea" because, like crabs, spiders have legs that bend at the joints.