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Nicknamed ‘Crabzilla’ after the fictional giant monster, the Japanese Spider Crab has a body the size of a basketball and measures 3m (10ft) from claw to claw – big enough to straddle a car They will eventually measure a massive 15ft.

The Japanese spider crab was caught in the Pacific and will be on display at Birmingham’s National Sea Life centre until the end of March when it will start a new life in Belgium.

‘He dwarfs the other crabs – but he’s not aggressive so they’ve nothing to worry about,’ said Sea Life’s Graham Burrows.

With its enormous legs and lethal claws, this monster of the deep is already the biggest crab ever seen.

But astonishingly, the arthropod – which measures a staggering 10ft from claw to claw – is still growing, and could live until it is 100. Out of the water, the crab looks limp and languid because it cannot support its heavy limbs. But in its own habitat – up to 2,500ft down in the cold seas of the ocean – it is a lethal predator.