Beachgoers amazed by large washed-up spider crab in north Wales
A couple say they were "fascinated" to find an "extremely big" crab on a north Wales beach.
βIt looks as if this individual is dead, and that mussels and other marine life have taken advantage of the carcass as an anchor point,β she said.
"But it is equally likely that these animals were living happily on the shell of the crab while it was alive.