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7.1K views · 427 reactions | Even though the subs are equipped with 8k cameras in specialty housing, the new wet lab on board #OceanXplorer allows us to double up on study and macro photography of deep-sea critters in specialized aquaria. : instagram.com/reel_phopkins | OceanX | Facebook

Japanese spider crabs put the “leg” in “legendary!” These crustacean sensations are the largest crabs in the world, with ten appendages that can span up to 12 feet (3.8 meters) from claw to claw. These gangly, glorious giants travel easily over mud on their long and limber legs to scavenge leftover scraps or dead animals that fall from above. Our new exhibit, “Into the Deep: Exploring Our Undiscovered Ocean,” features a whale-fall community living around the model bones of a young sperm whale, i