February 28, 2004
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Pincer movement ... Norwegian diver with Red King
By ANDY WILKS
TEN million monster crabs are heading towards British shores from Russia — eating everything in their path.
The Kamchatka, or Red King crabs, have crawled 400 miles along Norway’s coast, leaving an “underwater desert”.
The Red Army is annihilating clams and other shellfish and threatening the sea’s ecosystem.
Each can weigh 25lb with a 3ft claw-span and can take a man’s finger off in one go.
“It can survive on almost anything — kelp, dead fish, seaweed and fish eggs.
They are dubbed Stalin crabs after the tyrant who introduced them to the Barents Sea from the Pacific to feed coastal towns.
Their numbers rocketed because they have no natural predators.
Comments (1)
you beat me to it (not really (I'd kept it for days). You have a much better pic than me too
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