What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

Or, catch alive that is. The spider crab is one of those very species, making it seem like the only way to bring these crustaceans back up to land is to viciously crack them up with rocks.

You can recognize it by its long, spindly legs that are covered in hair, its flattened body designed for squeezing into narrow spaces and its distinctive, crab-like walking pattern. The spider’s ...

ANDY TORBET:Welcome to Beyond Bionic on BBC Teach. I'm Andy Torbet, the show's presenter. In each episode I take on some of nature's best athletes and try and match their super skills. ANDY TORBET ...

Myself and series researcher, Yoland Bosiger were down on the Mornington Peninsula, south east Australia, to film the annual mass aggregation of spider crabs. These crabs come together to shed ...