What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

Myself and series researcher, Yoland Bosiger were down on the Mornington Peninsula, south east Australia, to film the annual mass aggregation of spider crabs. These crabs come together to shed ...