Giant spider crab 'invasion' takes over SA waters

  • 3 months ago
A giant spider crab invasion has surprised locals as thousands of the deep sea creatures moved into shallow waters off SA's Eyre Peninsula.

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00:0030 years I've been oyster farming here, I've never seen this many.
00:11We've had a big invasion of spider crabs turn up and mass numbers and they've marched up
00:17through the channels of Coffin Bay and they've come right across here into Kelly Bay.

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