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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]
Hermit crab species range in size and shape, from species only a few millimeters long to Coenobita brevimanus (Indos Crab), which can approach the size of a coconut and live 12–70 years. The shell-less hermit crab Birgus latro (coconut crab) is the world's largest terrestrial invertebrate.
Freshwater crab Coenobitidae , terrestrial hermit crabs Coconut crab ( Birgus latro ), a terrestrial hermit crab that is the largest terrestrial invertebrate in the world
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An experiment conducted in 2007 reportedly verified the coconut crab’s ability to pull the bones from a pig and spread them across a large area.
The Decapoda or decapods (lit. ' ten-footed ') is a large order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and prawns.Most decapods are scavengers.
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A Giant crab is a type of crustacean. Giant crab may refer to: Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi), possesses the longest leg span of any marine crab species alive; Coconut crab (Birgus latro), the largest terrestrial invertebrate species alive; Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), another large crab species