 "Lynn News/Norfolk Citizen (King's Lynn, England)")
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Past its shell life at Hunny.
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POPULAR rock pool talks at Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary are about to take a new twist thanks to one of the centre's giant Japanese spider crabs.
One of the many fascinating facts which marine experts love to impart on visitors is the way in which crabs have to moult their shells as they grow.
Now they can illustrate the point with a perfectly preserved shell of a giant Japanese spider crab, which was neatly shed with the long delicate legs completely intact.
Aquarist Robert Meyer said: "The Japanese spider crabs do not moult very often and, on the rare ...
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