This is a Coconut Crab climbing a tree. The coconut crab climbs coconut palms to get at coconuts, which it breaks open with its powerful pincers and eats. It is found on the islands of the South Pacific and Indian oceans.
Photo meme at Wordless Wednesday
Photo meme at Wordless Wednesday
Never heard of that species before. Kinda creepy looking. Great capture though!
ReplyDeletehehe - nice! a happy WW to you!
ReplyDeleteEeekk! Never heard of that! and it looks creepy:) Nice shot!
ReplyDeletewow cool shot. happy ww
ReplyDeletewow, I've never seen one of those!! Awesome.
ReplyDeleteYes, but do they taste like coconut?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. This is indeed a unique species of crab because it lives on land instead of by the sea. Eats coconut.
ReplyDelete@ boliyou: Not sure if the crab taste like coconut or not. :D
Wow! That's so cool! I have never heard for a coconut crab!!
ReplyDeleteI think I would freak out the same way I freak out about nugs if I saw that thing in real life! Great pic!
ReplyDeleteThanks Patti and Gigi for dropping by. :)
ReplyDeleteit eats coconuts but thats only part of its diet it also eats any garbage it comes across therefore natives of the south pacific usually capture the crabs then feed them a diet of just coconut for a few months if one doesent do that you can only safely eat the claws
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