#crabsolutely clawesome

[montereybayaquarium]

The pelagic red crab, also known as the squat lobster. Not a crab. Not a lobster. Just vibes.

[milniar-problemsolved]

looks crabsolutely clawesome.

sold

*clack clack*

[montereybayaquarium]

Who’s ready for another educOCEANal gaming stream?? 🎮 🌊

We’re going to raise some shell in Another Crab’s Treasure with Aquarium Conservation and Science staffers Cristian and Rylee! Join us Thurs., July 11 at 3:30 p.m. PT on Twitch or YouTube as we chat about clawesome crustaceans and how we can protect their ocean (and mobile!) homes. 

It’s shore to be a shelluva good time!  🎮 🦀 🐚

[montereybayaquarium]

Thank you for a fintastic year!

We deeply appre-sea-ate all our online fronds engaging with us in this crazy ocean of internet and every visitor who came through our doors. So many great things are coming in 2023 and we can’t wait to share them with you! Sea you all in the new year! 💙🦦👋🏼

[montereybayaquarium]

LINED SHORE CRAB #1: you're crabsolutely clawesome, my frond! 🦀✨

LINED SHORE CRAB #2: ohmycod stoppp! You're making me molt! 😊

(comment with your snappiest affirm-ocean for a fellow crustacean sensation below!)

[montereybayaquarium]

Japanese spider crabs put the “leg” in “legendary!” These crustacean sensations are the largest crabs in the world, with ten appendages that can span up to 12 feet (3.8 meters) from claw to claw. The gangly, glorious giants travel easily over mud on their long and limber legs to scavenge leftover scraps or dead animals that fall from above.

Our new exhibit, “Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean,” features a whale-fall community living around the model bones of a young sperm whale, including several male spider crabs—only the males grow such gargantuan limbs.

Things can get a little testy at times between the male crabs, especially around molting time—so we’ve come prepared! When one of our crabs shows signs of molting, we can move them to their own private penthouse off to the side of the exhibit so they can shed their old exoskeleton and grow a new carapace in peace!

You’ll find these captivating crabs and other astonishing animals in our new exhibit “Into The Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean” exhibition—WHICH OH HEY BY THE WAY IS OPEN TODAY, APRIL 9, 2022! We can’t wait to deep-sea you!

AND ONE MORE THING! You can now see these beauties for yourself on our new live Spider Crab Cam!

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Keeping the tags cuz they are clawesome!

The pelagic red crab, also known as the squat lobster. Not a crab. Not a lobster. Just vibes.