? According to the international online report, Claude is holding a big crab. The big crab escaped from the boiling pot and will be sent to the aquarium for display. Tasmanian king crab is a delicacy in Australia. Each local crab can have 20 pounds of crab meat, but the aquarium staff still feel sorry for the huge crab that was eaten. He reached an agreement with local fishermen to save some of this crustacean. He bought three crabs for 3000 pounds to save them. This giant crab will be exhibited in marine life centers all over Europe.

In 20 14, Frank McFarland, a fisherman in Nome, Alaska, USA, caught an extremely rare king crab, whose whole body was cobalt blue, which was different from the general red king crab.

Coincidentally, a Japanese shop recently bought Russian seafood, in which a king crab turned out to be blue. Each foot was about 1 m long and weighed 3.5 kg. According to the research institute, it may be that the bait food leads to the mutation of the pigment gene of the king crab, which will change the color.

King of crabs

King crab, also known as emperor crab, stone crab or rock crab, is a crustacean of the family Stone Crab, and its body is huge and fat. Its shell is hard and red and black. The average weight is 2-5 kg, and the maximum weight is 10 kg. Among them, the most common is the stone crab in Kamchatka. Distributed on both sides of the North Pacific from Alaska, USA to kamchatka peninsula, Russia.

Named after its huge size, it is known as the "king of crabs". Because of their huge size and delicious meat, many species are widely caught as food. King crabs grow slowly and live for as long as 30 years.

King crabs belong to deep-sea crabs, with a survival depth of 850 meters and a survival water temperature of 2-5℃. The lowest water temperature that King Crab can survive is 1.4 degrees Celsius.

According to the British Daily Mail, fishermen recently caught a king crab in Tasmania. This king crab was named "Claude", weighing up to 15 pounds and having a width of 38 cm. At present, this king crab is the largest crab in the world on record. Claude successfully avoided being eaten by people, and the fishermen sold it to the British aquarium for 3,000 pounds. The world's largest crab, King Crab Claude, is 100 times the size of British common sea crabs. After a 29-hour journey, Claude finally found his habitat. It is reported that the king crab was once regarded as the most delicious meat, and after a two-week quarantine period, it will appear in the aquarium. It is reported that Claude is the largest crab displayed in the British aquarium, weighing 15 pounds and having a shell width of 38 cm. This giant crab is enough to make 160 crab patties.

Aquarium staff took photos with Claude, the world's largest crab, which is 100 times the size of ordinary British sea crabs. However, at present, the world's largest crab is still in its adolescence, and its weight is expected to double in adulthood. The world's largest crab was caught in the waters off Tasmania, Australia in March, and sold to the Marine Life Center together with two other large Tasmanian crabs caught. If Claude can adapt to his new home well, it will be exhibited at the Marine Life Center in Weymouth, Dorset, England, and the other two crabs will be sent to Birmingham, England and Berlin, Germany for exhibition respectively.

Claude, the king crab, is the world's largest crab displayed in the British aquarium, weighing 15 pounds, with a shell width of 38 cm. It is expected to weigh 30 pounds when it reaches adulthood.

At present, Claude is placed in a specially made cylindrical storage tank, which is 10 feet high and 6 feet wide. Once this crab is placed, the aquarium will also introduce some cold-water fish. In natural waters, crabs mainly feed on any dead or dying creatures on the seabed. At present, Claude mainly feeds on diced mackerel and squid, and it is said that his appetite is very good.

Rob Hicks, a senior marine biologist at the Marine Life Center, said: "King crabs are very impressive creatures, and they are worth spending a lot of money to transport them from Australia to the aquarium to settle down. They stopped over in Hong Kong and arrived here two weeks ago. After a few days of adaptation to jet lag, these crabs seem to be very active at present and do not seem to be affected by long-distance travel. "

Jemma Battrick, aquarium curator of Weymouth Marine Life Center, said, "I was very excited when we received these crabs! We have prepared a container to make it easy to climb in, and we plan to show it to the public immediately. " He also pointed out that although the king crab is one of the largest crab species in the world, Claude, the world's largest crab, doesn't eat much. King crabs mainly eat shrimps, prawns and squid near their habitat. We hope to increase the number of king crabs in the future, but Australian residents prefer to eat king crabs. I believe people who visit the Ocean Life Center will be shocked by the gorgeous appearance of king crabs!