Spider Crabs are not exactly hunters, but these crabs have been known to eat algae, kelp, mollusks, slow-moving invertebrates, and the dead bodies of any creatures that happen to be floating around. In fact, this last option seems to be their favorite, as they seem to prefer to scavenge dead flesh rather than kill things themselves. Ancient mariner legends tell that these crabs used to actually drag sailors overboard and eat them alive in the depths of the ocean. While this is pretty unlikely, it is probably true that these crabs would enjoy the opportunity to pick apart the occasional dead sailor who had washed overboard