Oh no, i have crabs!!!!!!

Hello again, time to post some more pics for the adoring public. Been meaning to post this for some time but up until now have not had the the time to do it. Anyways, came across the co-author of this site a few weeks back and he kindly reminded me of my obligations to the animal kingdom.

The above pic was courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/popatom/

Comment suggests that this is a member of the Hamburger-Assed crab family but is more commonly known as a coconut crab. People actually keep these as pets would you believe....10 quid for the first person to find a pet shop that sells one.

You Dirty Rat!

The 1.4kg Mallomys giant rat is one of two species of mammal found by Conservation International on an expedition to the Foja Mountains in the north of Papua province, Indonesia.

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Image and info courtesy of bbc.co.uk

We're going to need an EVEN BIGGER boat!

Meet the Megamouth Shark or Megachasma Pelagios. You certainly wouldn't want to call it by the wrong name!

It's a very rare deep sea shark but is found to be distributed pretty much wherever the water is deep enough. Saying that, only 39 have ever been found.

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Massive Otter

This fella is a Giant Otter. He can be found milling around in South America and can grow up to 6ft long!

Being one of the largest predators in its area it can pretty much eat what it wants. Daily meals may consist of: caimans, snakes and catfish.

Source: Wikipedia

Hugest cat ever?

Mikey Boy Strevmansson of Sogn og Fjordane Fylke, Norway sent this in.

This one has been floating around the web for a couple of years now and part of me wants it to be real and part of me wants it to be fake.

Just for cat nerds, it's a Mancoon breed which can grow pretty big for a domesticated cat but this big... I doubt it. It's going in two categories for now, until proven either way!

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King Crab

The Alaskan king crab is the largest of the crustaceans, weighing up to 15 pounds, and measuring four to five feet across shell and claws.

Isopod - not trademarked by Apple

Giant isopods are one of the many massive species of crustacean living in our deep oceans.

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Bunny as big as a dog

This example of buffness is by 'breed' rather than 'muscular prowess'. The breed is apparently a variation of the 'Continental Giant' and is one of the biggest grown of this variety. The fact that this awesome bunny weighs in at the same as a Cocker Spaniel is no small feat.

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