Horseshoe crab

A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet came across an animal that an expert says is a long way from home.

The other possibility noted by the YouTube poster Henry Wang is that the crab was an aquarium pet that was dumped in the creek,” Hart said. “I had no idea I was going to find a horseshoe crab. The live animal also has five pairs of walking legs under the big dome-shaped carapace, and those would normally react by trying to back away from a large animal like a scuba diver,” he said. Wang said he was really excited and posted a short clip to social media about his dive on Friday in False Creek, showcasing the discovery. Other interesting discoveries, he said, include 120-year-old logging tools and a 90-year-old Puget Sound Falling Axe. “Horseshoe crabs are often collected, killed, and the lacquered shells sold as ornaments.