This allows the crab to insert a large toothlike appendage on its right-hand claw into the opening, thus cracking the snail's shell.

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Moments later, Emanuel Pogatetz powered another header towards the top right-hand corner, only for Niemi to claw the ball away at full stretch.

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You strike with base of your hand, and your fingers are kind of in a claw, so you can immediately grab and pull the person back in, for an extra hit.

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The home side retained the upper hand, although they lost some ground when Matthew Jarvis landed a penalty to claw back three points for the visitors.

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He opened the coop and stuck his hand in toward the fierce creature inside, eyes yellow, beak sharp as a cat's claw, trilling a warning so low it was almost a growl.

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