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With a leg span of 13 feet, an average weight of 40 pounds, and the ability to live 100 years, the Japanese spider crab is perhaps one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. Lurking in waters as deep as 1,000 feet, this mysterious crustacean often scavenges for food by itself — when it isn't cannibalizing one of its own. Discover the dark secrets of the "daddy long legs of the sea": https://inter.st/7u7j