{"id":287837,"date":"2023-02-16T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/16\/guinness-world-records-shares-spooky-pictures-of-crab-named-big-daddy-internet-intrigued\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:42:00","slug":"guinness-world-records-shares-spooky-pictures-of-crab-named-big-daddy-internet-intrigued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/16\/guinness-world-records-shares-spooky-pictures-of-crab-named-big-daddy-internet-intrigued\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinness World Records Shares Spooky Pictures Of Crab Named &#8216;Big Daddy&#8217;, Internet Intrigued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Guinness World Records Shares Spooky Pictures Of Crab Named 'Big Daddy', Internet Intrigued\" alt=\"Guinness World Records Shares Spooky Pictures Of Crab Named 'Big Daddy', Internet Intrigued\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-02\/5nuvi33o_big-daddy_625x300_16_February_23.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The crab was named after professional wrestling star Big Daddy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Instagram page of Guinness World Records regularly shares throwback videos and photos showcasing several mind-blowing world records. This time, they shared several spooky\u00a0pictures of a huge crab named Big Daddy. Notably, Big Daddy is a part of the Guinness World Records list for being the \u201cworld&#8217;s widest crustacean living in captivity.\u201d\u00a0The record was verified in Blackpool on 8 August 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig Daddy is a record-crushing crustacean! Meet Big Daddy the Crab. He&#8217;s a Japanese spider crab who lived at Sea Life in Blackpool, UK. Big Daddy&#8217;s legs stretched to 3.11 metres (10 feet 2.5 inches) making him the world&#8217;s widest crustacean living in captivity,\u201d Guinness World Records wrote and added four stunning pictures of the crab.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>See the pictures here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Comw2I8txKL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>In the caption, they also added that the\u00a0crab was named after professional wrestling star Big Daddy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The mighty Big Daddy also held the record for the longest leg on a crab &#8211; 1.43 m (4 ft 8.5 in)! This was verified in Blackpool on 8 August 2013,&#8221; the post further reads.<\/p>\n<p>According to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitblackpool.com\/latest-news\/big-daddy-%E2%80%98crabs%E2%80%99-a-world-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>VisitBlackpool<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> the record-breaking crab was destined for a Japanese fish market until a reprieve was negotiated and he was flown to the UK instead.<\/p>\n<p>Since being shared online three days back, the images have garnered more than 1.3 lakh\u00a0likes and tons of comments. Instagram users were fascinated to see the pictures and left a variety of comments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The most appropriately named crustacean ever,\u201d wrote an Instagram user. 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