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How would you like to find this on the
side of your trash can!!!!!!! (or anywhere!!!!) --
Our friends in Australia sent us a
picture of a Coconut Crab. This is pretty interesting.....
Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) is the
largest terrestrial arthropod in the world. It is known for its ability
to crack coconuts with its strong pincers in order to eat the contents.
It is sometimes called the robber crab because some coconut crabs are
rumored to steal shiny items such as pots and silverware from houses and
tents The second photo gives you a good idea of how large the se crabs
are - a coconut crab is seeking food from a black trashcan.
COCONUT CRABS
The coconut crab is a large edible land
crab related to the hermit crab , and are found in the tropical Indian
and Pacific Oceans .. They eat coconuts for a living! How would you like
to be on an island and come across a crab that is more than 3 feet from
head to tail and weighs up to 40 pounds , with a pair of large pincers
strong enough to open coconuts! They can climb trees too , but the y only
eat coconuts that have already fallen to the ground. Coconut crab meat
has been considered a local delicacy.
And you ' re afraid of spiders??!!!!
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/coconutcrab.asp
in case you don’t believe it.
