Ocean Exotic Creatures 1 Do you know how big a blue whale is? It can reach a length of 32 meters, weighs up to 180 tons, and can stand more than 50 people with its tongue alone. Blue whales mainly eat krill, a krill is only centimeters long, so if the blue whale wants to fill the stomach, the blue whale can swallow about 2 million krill at a time, and eat 4000-8000 kg of shrimp every day.
The eldest of the spider crabs is the pointed crab living in the North Pacific Ocean of Japan, and the crab's eight legs can reach a length of four meters when all eight legs are extended, and it is not a problem to hold a few adults.
Don't look at spider crabs growing up so powerful, newborn spider crabs are almost microscopic level, small spider crabs are like plankton, small and primitive, almost invisible to them.
After floating for about 70 days, it gradually took on the appearance of a crab. As it grows, the crab shell sheds, and each change of shell means that it will be larger than before.
Some studies believe that the Japanese spider crab can survive for at least a century, and it grows throughout its life, that is, the longer it lives, the bigger it grows, and it is fully capable of growing to incredible sizes, but it has not yet been discovered.
As of now, the longest-lived spider crab found is only 40 years old. Legend has it that when Japanese fishermen accidentally approach this crab, they will first entangle the human body with their 8 slender claws, and the remaining 2 large pincers will be used to attack humans, and constantly drag the human body to the deep sea, and wait until the human body dies before starting to enjoy food.
So the name "killer crab" went away.
It is worth mentioning that the meat of this crab is very delicious, if you come across it, as long as you are lucky enough not to be caught by its big jaw, then the whole family can enjoy the crab feast.
King Squid. It is said to swallow sperm whales.
According to folklore, it is a deep-sea sea monster that specializes in attacking ships at sea, but it is actually just a large squid up to 20 meters in size and weighing up to 1 ton.
