The Coconut Crab Is Like Something From Your Nightmares...Wait Until You See It In Action
by N/A, 10 years ago |
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This isn't your ordinary sea crab. These things are HUGE and live on land. Yikes!
The coconut crab is in the same family as the hermit crab, but there's a huge difference in size.
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They can grow up to 3 feet long and weigh almost as much as 10 lbs.
They can live up to 60 years old.
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Their name comes from their obsession with eating coconuts.
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They're known to scale tall trees, just to cut down one or two coconuts.
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Their claws are strong enough to break through the coconut's hard shell.
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They don't strictly eat coconuts. They also survive off of other fruits, nuts and seeds.
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Luckily, this doesn't include human flesh.
Although they look extremely intimidating, these big crabs are actually docile creatures...that is, until you corner one and it feels like it's in danger.
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But even knowing that, I don't think you'll be any less afraid of encountering one.
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Believe it or not, coconut crabs will drown if submerged in water for too long. So, they've completely adapted to living on land.
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And lucky for most of us, they can't be found everywhere. They mostly inhabit islands around the Indian Ocean and parts of the Pacific Ocean.
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Do not show me this again