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...touching animals with big teeth freaks me out, so I retreated to the relative calm of the indoor aquarium. But the interior was no more soothing. Just as I was stifling a yawn over the sea anemones and tropical fish, I turned a corner and saw a monster: a takaashigani, or long-legged crab. Make that a very long-legged crab, for the legs can grow to more than three meters. There were two in the tank, both looking staight-ahead with an expression that said, "Go on. Just try to eat me." They are in fact edible, an aquarium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour | 11/4/2002 | See Source »

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