Sake The Giant
by Miroslava Jurcik
Title
Sake The Giant
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Sake is Japanese Spider Crab which was living as a juvenile in Sydney Aquarium in 2012, he now been transferred to Sunshine coast.
Despite its ferocious appearance they are the gentle giant, who grow in leg span up to 5 metres.
Spider crabs are mostly found off the southern coasts of the Japanese island of Honshu in depths ranging from 50m to 600m, from Tokyo Ba to Kagoshima Prefecture in depths from 600 metres to as shallow as 50 metres and feed mostly on shelfish and the carcases of large fish or marine mammals.
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August 25th, 2017
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Comments (20)
Elizabeth Winter
Wow! Wonder how he maintains that coloring! Nice capture and I enjoyed your description Mirsolava! f/v
Michele Myers
Love your up close and personal portrait of Sake, Miroslava - can't believe how big they can grow - L/F!
Miroslava Jurcik replied:
Thank you, I know and the largest one find in the 60s I think was 5 and half meters ! :)
Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
a fantastic close-up image Miroslava ..........amazing color and details (F/L/T)
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