[HAIWAN]TASMANIAN King Giant Crab!

sipolan · Post time 4-6-2013 04:09 PM

TASMANIAN King Giant Crab!

A sea monster ... Monster Tasmanian King Crab saved from the pot and shipped to Britain for aquarium display

Catch of the day: Held up by Sealife aquarist Jemma Battric, Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide - when he is fully grown he will weigh a whopping 30lbs and gain an extra three inches

   But Claude the Tasmanian giant crab was saved from death when the fisherman who caught him sold him to a British aquarium  for ￡3,000. Now, after a 29-hour plane journey from Australia – where giant crab meat is a delicacy – and two weeks in quarantine, Claude is ready to meet his public. He is the biggest crab on display in the UK and weighs a mighty 15lb with a 15-inch shell – enough to make 160 crab cakes.
   Claude is 100 times bigger than a standard UK shore crab. Yet he is still a juvenile and will grow to double his weight.  Claude was caught off the coast of Tasmania last month, but was sold to the Sea Life group along with two other Tasmanian giant crabs.
   In the wild, crabs eat any dead or dying matter they find on the seabed but Claude is currently dining on diced mackerel and squid and is reportedly very happy with his gourmet diet.Rob Hicks, head marine biologist for Sea Life, said: ‘They are such impressive creatures we thought that it was worth the cost and effort of flying them halfway round the world so they can flourish in an aquarium display.
   ‘They had a stopover in Hong Kong and arrived with us two weeks ago. It took them a few days to get over the jet-lag but now they’re feeding happily and don’t seem any the worse for their trip.’
Jemma Battrick, aquarist at Weymouth Sea Life said: 'When I found out we were getting the crabs in I was really excited.

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Last edited by adabintang on 14-6-2013 11:27 AM

AbukRokok · Post time 4-6-2013 04:14 PM

ketam ni sekali tgk mcm sedara labah2

adakah daging labah2 sama enak dengan ketam?

bluezink · Post time 5-6-2013 09:46 PM

sedap nyer weihhh giler besar kaki kani aka ketam tuh! mmg besar x muat fridge ...kena patah2 baru boley masukuntonglaa tinggal di nippon ni dapat merasa macam2 jenis dan yang paling penting murah dan mampu beli. Ai check kat Mesia jenis blue king crab tu paling murah RM 500 taw...if tengok harga gitew memang tak mampu nak makan...mampu telan ayaq lioq jer