'Monster' crab
Jul 3 2008
A giant crab with a shell 12in wide has been caught by a diver off the UK coast.
The crustacean, weighing 17lb and with a claw span of 9in, was found by diver Paul Worsley, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, during a recent diving trip in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Douglas Lanfear, who runs the dive boat Blue Turtle, said he was amazed at the size of the crab: "It was truly a monster."