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Giant Spider Crab 'Twice the Size' After Molting Old Shell in Port Phillip Bay

Footage captured by underwater photographer shows a giant spider crab https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGv-ApK4Rl/ "twice the size" of its old shell after molting at Rye Pier in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. The giant spider crab can be seen next to its smaller old shell, which a fish inspects in the background. "It has just moulted from its old shell and is now twice the size," wrote freediver and photographer Jules Casey in the https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGv-ApK4Rl/ video caption . "This Spider Crab is uncoordinated because it's new shell is soft and will take several days to harden which is why it's hiding under a trolley for protection," she added. Molting is how spider crabs grow, and it is a https://www.gov.je/News/2014/pages/SpiderCrabShellsGrouville.aspx "a normal part of their life cycle" . Casey often https://newswire.storyful.com/?search_term=jules%2520casey&clearance_ids=56-82 posts footage of what she sees below the waves at Port Phillip Bay to her https://www.instagram.com/onebreathdiver/?hl=en OneBreathDiver Instagram account, where she has over 125,000 followers. (Footage by Jules Casey/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
Footage captured by underwater photographer shows a giant spider crab https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGv-ApK4Rl/ "twice the size" of its old shell after molting at Rye Pier in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. The giant spider crab can be seen next to its smaller old shell, which a fish inspects in the background. "It has just moulted from its old shell and is now twice the size," wrote freediver and photographer Jules Casey in the https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGv-ApK4Rl/ video caption . "This Spider Crab is uncoordinated because it's new shell is soft and will take several days to harden which is why it's hiding under a trolley for protection," she added. Molting is how spider crabs grow, and it is a https://www.gov.je/News/2014/pages/SpiderCrabShellsGrouville.aspx "a normal part of their life cycle" . Casey often https://newswire.storyful.com/?search_term=jules%2520casey&clearance_ids=56-82 posts footage of what she sees below the waves at Port Phillip Bay to her https://www.instagram.com/onebreathdiver/?hl=en OneBreathDiver Instagram account, where she has over 125,000 followers. (Footage by Jules Casey/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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Storyful
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April 28, 2022
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Victoria, Australia
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