Picture Parade: Crazy Crabs

Welcome to the wonderfully wacky world of crabs!  Yesterday I described the cute little strawberry crab, but there are a number of equally odd and unusual species of this decapod crustacean out there.  Just feast your eyes on these photos:

This peppermint-striped beauty was photographed in Malaysia by The Internet Walker

A brightly-colored Sally Lightfoot crab from the Galapagos Islands

Christmas Island red crab migration conglomeration

A new crab species, Kiwa hirsuta, south of Easter island

A Trichopeltarion crab, off the southern coast of Tasmania

The Japanese spider crab is the biggest arthropod on earth!