Coconut Crab
I saw this picture of the garbage bin and thought it was a fake crab climbing it but it turned out to be a real one! It’s a Coconut Crab which is the largest land living crab. It’s called Coconut Crab because of its ability to crack open coconuts. [Link]
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Oct 7, 2007
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19 Comments, add your own...
1. DeReD | October 7th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
WTF!
Scary Dude..
2. afterstorm | October 7th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
where is this ? its scary. I hope i never see one .
3. vampire | October 7th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
this thing is able to crack open ur head too
(>_
4. anas | October 7th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
IT WONT ATTACK A HUMAN! YOU GUYS! ITS ONLY A CRAB! YUM!!! THAT’S A LOT OF CRAB MEET!! HEHEHEHE
IT ONLY EAT’S FRIUTS .. AND ORGANIC SUBSTANCES .. HUMANS SCARE IT!
AND DONT WORRY YOU WONT FIND IT RUNNING AROUND KUWAIT !! SINCE IT’S TOO HOT FOR IT .. YOU MIGHT FIND IT ON LET’S SAY CERTAIN BEACHES IN INDIA ..
5. Marzouq | October 7th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
That thing is huge!!! I wouldn’t want it grabing on to me!!! I would kick it really hard, or take a golf club to it!
6. mushroom | October 7th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
THIS IS MADNESS!
7. SWOS | October 7th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
i think that thing will have my balls for dinner .
8. Wer3Y | October 7th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Goddamn!! so big so scary SHIT!
9. q8luv | October 7th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
it’s a tatsy hehehe
10. Soul | October 8th, 2007 at 12:14 am
Cool !!
~ Soul
11. Armani Exchanger | October 8th, 2007 at 1:54 am
for a sec i thought it was a drawing on the garbage can before reading the post!!!
12. Moey | October 8th, 2007 at 4:32 am
fuck this is distrurbing
13. Chroma-Trauma | October 10th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
I woudln’t like to wake up and find this inside my Kitchen… God, I can’t even imgaine it
14. lj | October 13th, 2007 at 6:39 am
This photo was taken at Anderson Air Force Base on Guam.
15. Mike D | December 3rd, 2007 at 4:46 am
Its from Guam noobs. That one is a baby, we used to ride on the adults for transportation. Everyone eats the babies so they never get to their full adult size.
16. leeann a | June 10th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
well guys sorry to bust your bubble. but this crab is real and very strong too. to think that we have a hard time to hold a baby one with two hands.. this one will chop you in half… and it’s here on the island of guam…. this crab is not afraid of humans. a baby one will chop the digits right off you hand…..
18. b flores | March 6th, 2009 at 10:20 am
this pic was taking in guam……! you people got to get it straight….!
If the Ayuyu is this big it would be called “taotao mona`” it would take at least 5 to 10 people to catch. The meat would be ok to eat if its this big….but it would be better if it was younger. YES……! the meat is the bomb…but you have to cook it with coconut milk…………well i guess you just have to a islander to know…..lol
guahanchild…!
familia cabesa/cinda
19. Lenny | April 5th, 2009 at 7:17 am
The two people above me are nutty. Coconut crabs cannot chop you in half, and it does not take 5-10 people to catch one unless they are in wheelchairs. Coconut crabs are slow as hell and very easy to catch as long as you watch the pincers, because a big male can take your hand off.
Also, they are delicious.
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