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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] They often descend from the trees by falling, and can survive a fall of at least 4.5 m (15 ft) unhurt. [ 52 ]
In contrast, the Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve system is made up of nine tiny, uninhabited islands, six of which are known to have colonies of coconut crabs (Mbudya, Bongoyo, Pangavini, Kendwa, Sinda Island). Bongoyo Island had the largest specimens of the crabs in the country. [3]
The world's largest terrestrial arthropod, the coconut crab (Birgus latro) is abundant on the islands of the Chagos archipelago, with an overall density in the conservation area on Diego Garcia of 298 crabs per hectare – the highest ever recorded. [13]
The Funafuti Conservation Area is a marine conservation area covering 33 square kilometers (12.74 square miles) of reef, lagoon and motu (islets) on the western side of Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu The marine environment of the conservation area includes reef, lagoon, channel and ocean; and are home to many species of fish, corals, algae and ...
Credit the crabs: The Brits who uncovered the bones said “coconut crabs had scattered many bones,” per the National Geographic report. To test this theory, the International Group for Historic ...
Coconut crabs then descended up her corpse, eating her remains and leaving her bones scattered about the island, notes Newsweek. That theory was supported, in part, ...
The Seychelles are home to 26 species of terrestrial or semi-terrestrial crabs, and 5 species of terrestrial hermit crab, including the world's largest terrestrial invertebrate, the coconut crab (Birgus latro). The granitic Seychelles are home to the country's only true freshwater crab, Seychellum alluaudi, which is endemic to the archipelago. [4]
Maryland horseshoe crab conservation efforts continue Undergraduate students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore help build an artificial beach platform for spawning horseshoe crabs in the ...