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In 2016, a large coconut crab was observed climbing a tree to disable and consume a red-footed booby on the Chagos Archipelago. [49] [50] The coconut crab can take a coconut from the ground and cut it to a husk nut, take it with its claw, climb up a tree 10 m (33 ft) high and drop the husk nut, to access the coconut flesh inside. [51]
The adults can grow up to .5 pounds (230 g). They can live 12–70 years and are known to grow to the size of a coconut. During the beginning of the crab's juvenile stage the middle of its carapace possesses a long reddish pigment area as does each side wall of the carapace.
The coconut crab, Birgus latro, is a species of terrestrial hermit crab, also known as the "robber crab" or "palm thief".It is the largest land-living arthropod in the world, and is probably at the upper size limit of terrestrial animals with exoskeletons in today's atmosphere at a weight of up to 4.1 kg (9.0 lb).
What happened to Amelia Earhart and her plane? One theory says she crashed on an island in the Pacific, died, and was eaten by crabs.
The disappearance of early 20th century aviator Amelia Earhart has puzzled people for decades, with some suggesting she was lost to the sea and others positing that she became a castaway on a ...
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