Coconut crabs are found on tropical islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, typically achieve a body length of 16 inches with a leg span of more than 3 feet, and may live to be anywhere from 30 ...

Over the sand cays, in and out of the bush, crawled the coconut crabs, breaking the eggs to feed on embryonic chicks or yolk, tearing the fledglings to gorge on their raw flesh, attacking the ...

Wikicommons Among terrestrial arthropods, the phylum that includes crustaceans, spiders and insects, coconut crabs are the largest on the planet. The crabs, which live on islands in the Pacific ...

Coconut crabs were found on several islands — but not Car Nicobar. Until recently, Car Nicobar’s only confirmed sighting of a coconut crab came from 1874, the study said.

Cavers encountered a massive coconut crab in a cavern on Car Nicobar, marking the first time the at-risk species had been spotted on the island in 150 years, per a watershed study published May 26 ...

Cracking open a red crab, however, takes seconds. Coconut crabs not only scavenge red crabs but also hunt them on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, Krieger says.

To test this, they rounded up 29 coconut crabs and had them clamp down on a bite-force measuring device. The biggest crab among them, weighing in at around 5 pounds, imparted a force of 1765 newtons.

Coconut crabs were found on several islands — but not Car Nicobar. Until recently, Car Nicobar’s only confirmed sighting of a coconut crab came from 1874, the study said.

Coconut crabs were found on several islands — but not Car Nicobar. Until recently, Car Nicobar’s only confirmed sighting of a coconut crab came from 1874, the study said.