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Coconut Crab

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connoroh
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These things are fucking terrifying. I'm so happy i live where i live.

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These are the largest land living arthropod in the world.

They can reach the age of 60 years old.
Aug 19 2008 1:51PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Those things look Awsome, i want one as a pet!
Aug 19 2008 1:54PM
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frstyl46skier
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if i saw one of those i would shit myself right there on the spot ha
Aug 19 2008 1:57PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Where do they live? I want to get my ass out there right now.

Aug 19 2008 1:58PM
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connoroh
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Coconut crabs live in areas from the Indian to the central Pacific Ocean. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean has the largest and best-preserved population in the world. Other Indian Ocean populations exist on the Seychelles, especially Aldabra, Glorioso Islands, Astove Island, Assumption Island and Cosmoledo, but the coconut crab is extinct on the central islands. They are also known on several of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Large numbers roam freely in the British-owned Chagos Archipelago, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territories (BIOT). They are protected on these islands from being hunted and/or eaten, with fines of up to 1500 British pounds (roughly $3000 USD) per crab consumed. On Mauritius and Rodrigues they are extinct.[6]
Aug 19 2008 2:06PM
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Skibumsmith
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I would hit it with a baseball bat if one got too close.
Aug 19 2008 2:12PM
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frstyl46skier
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and then it would eat u
Aug 19 2008 2:15PM
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popNfresh44
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those look terrifying

like a giant hard mutated spider
Aug 19 2008 2:15PM
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Jodi
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HAHA. I thought this was going to be a thread about coconut crab - like delicious coconut shrimp...but i saw that thing and now im scared to go back into the water.
Aug 19 2008 3:14PM
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yelsel
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That looks like a good dinner
Aug 19 2008 3:29PM
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=Worf=
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i wonder if it is as tasty as alaskan king crab?  drawn butter anyone?
Aug 19 2008 3:29PM
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yelsel
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its got to be. look at the size of those claws....mmmmmm drooolllliiiiinnnnggg
Aug 19 2008 3:30PM
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Hannah.
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oh my fucking god if i saw one of those on my trashcan...idk what i would do
Aug 19 2008 3:31PM
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Rosski423
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this one scares me more its a puget sound king crab, Click for larger image
Aug 19 2008 3:41PM
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Mooose...
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oh fuck, those  are huge.

id take a sledgehammer to it.
Aug 19 2008 3:43PM
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connoroh
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naw, they drown in water. Be afraid of trees, they can climb as high as 6 metres.
Aug 19 2008 3:48PM
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eric25
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What the FUCK?!
Aug 19 2008 4:14PM
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b-ladd
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I just found this awesome educational video regarding the coconut crab:

Aug 19 2008 4:22PM
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