Take, for example, the coconut crab: a giant beast so well known for stealing things that it’s colloquially referred to as the “robber crab.” Coming in at an incredible nine pounds in weight ...

The extremely smooth motion of its legs conjures up images of lobsters or crabs (“Maakrapu” means “land crab” in Finnish), and is also reminiscent of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeesten.

Also part of the rock lobster industry, Mr Taylor said crab fishing was a very different beast. “They’re a pretty specky animal; it’s got a wow factor. It’s just a different creature.