Creepy Giant Spider Crab Aggregation
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2016
- There is getting crabby... but this is just all out ridiculous! We have never seen soooooo many crabs. We know some people are going to be freaked out, but us? Hey throw is in there and let them crawl over us (did I mention we were a weird bunch??? )
Every year as the waters cool on the southern shores, hundreds of thousands of Giant Spider crabs find their way up on the sandy shallows Rye and Blairgworie in Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne Australia. This happens between May - July ever year and the result is a moving sea of orange crabs that blanket the shallows.
As the name suggests these crabs are massive. Their legs are over 70cm long with a body measuring nearly 17cm wide. They move in organised chaos on 8 long legs. Their weapons, swollen claws. Their mission, seek shelter in the safety of the sandy shallows, moult and in some cases mate.
Like most crustaceans, a hard suit of armour protects these crabs. What it doesn't allow the crabs to do though is grow. So the crabs need to get rid of the old armour and grow a new bigger one.
To do this, they secrete a special enzyme that separates the old shell from the underlying skin, while a new soft paper-like shell is secreted beneath the old one. The crabs then start absorbing seawater and swell, causing the old shell to come apart. The soldier’s shell then simply opens up like a lid and the crab extracts itself.
Once one crab starts to moult it sets off a chain reaction and the rest of the orange-clad army moult almost simultaneously. Moulting not allows the crabs to grow, it helps to rid them of parasites and other animals growing on their shells including bacteria that can weaken and erode their protective uniform.
It’s thought that by aggregating and moulting together, the less chance they have of getting eaten, a simple case of safety in numbers. During this moulting process, the soft crabs are vulnerable to the mouths of hungry hunters.
Footage filmed by: Sheree Marris and Jamie Seymour
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0:51 HELLO BOIS
Hahaha
The ray at 5 min is like "buffeeeeeeeet!!"
99999999,9999999999999 army of spider crabs!!!!!!!
Crab people...crab people.
I never expected to find a NovaHD reference here lol... Crab people... Crab people
South Park reference you mean?.. ^
+Robyn S. It's from South Park you dumbass
I apologize, but I guess I must've heard it first in one of Nova's videos. I don't watch South Park at all, so how would I've known? Lol
It's possible 🤔
Imagine you jumping into the water and your feet touching the crabs
Billy Bob joe my reaction is your icon
It would be a hard time walking
It would be a crabby walk
*No*
STOP!!!
crabs are like the spiders of the ocean...
I mean they are crabs and spiders are both Arthropods so yeah they are crabs pretty much
Only less creepy
but cute
@@evelynlabrador9407 crabs are terrifying
@@saulgoodman2912 crabs are pretty cool tbh
dont let the chinese find out.
I hear they're now netting krill out of the ocean. The mass extinction is already here.
Darkrai Titanollante they dont' care much about crab, the chinese craving crab the most
High IQ Rick and Morty Viewer just because they are crabs and they have a bad reputation doesnt mean its ok to kill them, its not like they asked to be crabs. i am kind of scared of crabs but i wouldnt kill them. hunting crabs isnt any better than hunting dogs or cats.
Pony Girl yeah, then we will just let the overpopulation of the crabs destroy the ecosystem
Edmund Ho if humans werent here then what would happen? nature would fix things, we always interfere with everything telling ourselves that it needs to be done but before we were here everything was a whole lot better than it is now. murdering crabs just because 'they are overpopulated' is not any different than killing people because last time i checked theres a whole lot more of us than needed and people were still saying how horrible it is to kill people just because there are too many of us. it's not any better just because crabs are not people and they dont act or think or look like you...though I bet most of those crabs are a lot better looking than you
1:02 Stay with the group, they said.
It'll be safer, they said.
They were talking about moulting in the vid so i think that's their exo skeleton
+Frederic Vandeputte nice profil pic buddy gojira is my favorite band!!!
Mine to,metal to the bone although their last album Magma is on the 'softer' side.I think it was a tribute to their recently deceased mother but still good ;-)
@@FreazyTek r/woosh
*Do you like it now Mr. Crabs?*
I imagined walking through the water with all the dead ones and molted shells. I'm going to give myself a panic attack
I never want to swim again
I still will I'm only afraid of a few species of sharks and jellyfish
this has to be on of my favorite channels, keep up the great work
Thanks Ben, much appreciated :)
ben Jovi 
This channel is amazing, definitely becoming one of my favorites already!! I've learned soo much :D
Manta ray: I’m going to re define the word “Mukbang”
I feel like these crabs could rule over this planet if they tried.
Why is this in my recommendations......why did I watch it!!!....this is both fascinating and creepy.
The music, Its so intense! I love it! :D
most underrated channel on youtube
they have formed the P I L E
I love the way they try to avoid the ray.
It's pretty awesome to witness
Now I will never go to the beach in Melbourne again. Thanks mate.
But u can sure have a great crab feast
If those crabs went on the offensive, it'd be a crab apocalypse.
Oh man, they almost look like spiders. And also, that stingray was HUGE. I almost jumped backwards when it appeared on my screen.
I need to throw my girlfriend in there.
Tai x is it still on with you 2?
Hell i think your girlfriend IS in there.
She is not yours
March of the Crabs. Time to retake Crabtopia!
I loved the music! Especially the drum part.
Thanks we will share that with our resident mermaid who put that together :)
As amazing a sight as this is, I can't help but think of how delicious they would be grilled. Damn my carnivorous tendencies
This channel continues to be fantastic. I'm so glad SmarterEveryDay introduced me to this
Awwww thanks for the feedback, we're glad SED introduced you as well.
''Remember No crabs'' *pulls out LMG* .
I only see food invasion
I am a Crab-to-English translator, and this is what I heard:
"Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way. Hey, get of my way. No, you get out MY way. Uh, no, you get out of MY way........"
A War has begun
Mr. Krab`s army vs Plankton`s army
Oh my gosh imagine falling in there and dealing with all of that
Crab People, Crab People, Crab People
dont you just want to dive in the middle? couldn't hurt.
It doesn't hurt at all. Our mermaid took a 'snow angel' pic with them.
Imagine falling in to that...
At the end I thought those were piles of dead crabs but now I'm thinking those are their old shells?
Both, since both get grouped up by streams
holy crab....oh wait
this is some dramatic crab music
Mr.Crab ,are you there?
WHAT THE IM FREAKING OUT
Me and the boys at crab meeting
This scared the crab out of me.
The crab horde is upon you
The music..... 🤣😂
I would DROWN in fear
Imagine having a swim, then quickly checking the depth and touching these things...
This isnt creepy, this looks beautiful
Deadliest Catch's cast would love this.
Although they wouldn't make much money as they're not good eating. Which is probably good thing for these spider crabs :)
Mr Krabs family reunion
Insert crab rave here
Imagine the amount of “money” you hear there
That's a whole lotta spies.
Earth: ok Australia I think that is good enough with the spider…
Australia: FUCK IT SPIDER CRABS >:D
aww they're so cute.
Bucket list to go down with some of my mates. How cool and scary would that be
Y'all see nightmare fuel
I see dinner
I got clawstrophobic just looking at this
Ha! love a good pun! Will definitely recycle this :)
The crab version of New York
Everything spider will always have to be in Australia
oh hell no this is a nightmare
O lawd they comin
crab voltron attack
That water looks rather 'nippy'
The amount of food
Some time i stuck into army of giant crab spider and i was freak out
She got the lobster and I got the crabs...
Crabs attack!
Oh yea mr crabs
Although crab cannibalism is quite common
And they start yelling Money! Money! Money!
Mmmmmmm CRABS....(that was said in my Homer Simpson voice)
That's some good eating
All these and its f...King expensive as hell......
Crustacean infestation congregation aggregation.
Smart. Hans can't touch them there.
So cute
Now turn the water up about 300 degrees, and melt some butter and we're all set. :P
Hey Camera man, you have something on your face, right here..right here - Crab at 0:17
Spidercrab black friday
I thought only red crabs migrate together...
Crab crab crab crab crab crab scare crab crab crab crab frighten crab crab crab
I'll be seeing you guys at the Asian buffet.
The ending scene around 1:01, are those the discarded shells, or the aftermath of a very lucky predator?
yeah, thats wat i was wondering
The army of Mr.Crab from Spongebob.
Sad Pepe
this vid wa made on my bday
ITS A CRAB ORGY
FOOOOD!
That looks like all you can eat spider 🦀.....😋😋😋😋🤣😂🤣😂🤣
yum!
All I need is some butter....
Mother nature... all weird and amazing at the same time
Couldn't agree more and we consider ourselves really lucky to be able to witness such epic events.
The Nature of Science I wish I could come work with you
Awesome :O!
DEATH STRANDING.
Mmmm. Endless Steamed Crab Legs
Oh hell to the no
Sea con: 0:00
Sea con employee: 0:51
ＰＩＬＥ , ＢＲＯＴＨＥＲＳ.
If only the US could work like these crabs and understand Together we are stronger.
Please change the title to "Yummy Giant Spider Crab Aggregation".
Pretty sure I have mild PTSD from the time a gigantic smooth stingray swam right in front of me when I was 12! Ahahaha. Can't even imagine how those crabs feel.
Sorry to hear about that. It was such an incredible experience. We have never seen sooooo many. Can't wait to see what next year brings.
Time to put some more crab legs on the barbie?
I only see lunch and dinner....