Full grown coconut crabs have been known to grow as large as 6-feet in length. The massive arthropods – which can weigh as much as 30 pounds – cannot swim, but can climb trees and are strong enough to crack open the tree-fruit that gives them their name.
holy shit. fascinating.
if it cant swim where does it live(apart from the side of garbage bins)?
from Wiki:
The species inhabits the coastal forest regions of many Indo-Pacific islands, although localized extinction has occurred where the species is sympatric with man.
Ironically, a week before I saw that article, I had just watched an episode of Man, Woman, Wild when they were on the Cook Islands, Mykel was telling his wife Ruth about the coconut crabs, and she went about trying to capture them to eat. Apparently, they taste like lobster.
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from Wiki:
The species inhabits the coastal forest regions of many Indo-Pacific islands, although localized extinction has occurred where the species is sympatric with man.
Ironically, a week before I saw that article, I had just watched an episode of Man, Woman, Wild when they were on the Cook Islands, Mykel was telling his wife Ruth about the coconut crabs, and she went about trying to capture them to eat. Apparently, they taste like lobster.
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