Monday, March 12, 2012

Coconut Crab

The coconut crab, Birgus latro, is a types of terrestrial hermit crab, also known as the intruder crab or hand intruder. It is the biggest land-living arthropod on the planet, and is probably at the higher dimension restrict of terrestrial creatures with exoskeletons in present-day environment at a bodyweight of up to 4.1 kg (9.0 lb). It is discovered on destinations across the Native indian Beach and places of the Hawaiian Beach as far eastern as the Gambier Islands, replicating the submission of the coconut palm; it has been extirpated from most places with a considerable people, such as landmass Sydney and Madagascar.


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