Giant Crab Attacks Today Show Presenter Live!

There's a long-standing rule in the world of entertainment - never work with children or animals.

And one Today show presenter learned the latter the hard way on Friday when a live cross descended into chaos after a giant crab turned on her. 

Reporter Taylor Haynes was taking viewers on a tour of the Fish Markets when she stopped at a tank filled with live crustaceans. 

To her delight, a worker emerged with a giant crab and placed it in her arms, prompting her to bend down and place a kiss on its head. 

Unfortunately things quickly went pear shaped when the crab retailated by grabbing her finger with its huge pincer. 

Taylor recoiled in pain, almost dropping the crab in the process. 

'Ahh! it's got my finger! He's got my finger... oh god!' she screamed, sending Today's hosts into hysterics. 

Taylor was still struggling to remove her finger from the crab's grasp when the segment awkwardly ended. 

It's not the first time a Today presenter has been attacked by an animal live on-air. 

Back in 2023, Today show weather presenter Tim Davies was pestered by a parrot while reporting live from a bird enclosure in Queensland. 

During the hilarious moment, the bird attempted to kiss Tim extremely close to his eyes, forcing Tim to try and dodge the animal on-air. 

'This is Miko, I don't know if Miko will let me do the forecast,' Tim said. 

'I need to scoop him off my beautiful face - I thought my eyes were gone then.'

A similarly chaotic incident occurred in 2008 when Today weatherman Steve Jacobs was attacked by a large rooster during a live cross from a farm.