Saturday, 5 April 2014

Coconut Crab

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  • Coconut crab is one of the species of hermit crab it is also known as robber crab and it is the largest land living Arthropod in the world.
  • The weight of the Coconut crab up to 4.1 kg and it can grow up to 1 meter in length from leg to leg.
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  • This species found in Iceland of Indian Ocean and part of the Pacific Ocean the main land of the crab is Australia and Madagascar.
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  • The coconut crab cannot swim and they have developed acute sense of smell which they use to find the potential food sources.

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