Have you seen one of these?

[YellowDog]

Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world, weighing upto 18kg and growing to a metre in length. It is known for its ability to crack coconuts with its strong pincers in order to eat the contents.

It is sometimes called the robber crab because some Coconut Crabs are rumored to steal shiny items such as pots and silverware from houses and tents.

The second photo gives you a good idea of how large these crabs are - a coconut crab is seeking food from a black trashcan.

Faaaaaark!:shit:

[firefighter]

If I saw one of them I think i'd shit my pants........shit like that always goes after me first!

What a fucken beastie. Awesome.

[Laava]

That's not funny! I want my money back!

[kiwifruit]

I have now

[R6_kid]

who needs aliens when we have shit like that on Earth already!

[Kornholio]

Heh, they are from Vanuatu... I was working at a packhouse in Papamoa and they had some workers from Vanuatu there and they raved about these things... they live in holes in the ground and come out at night... bit of a delicacy by the sounds of it... will nip your fingers off quick smart too :/

[EJK]

I thought Facehuggers were only in Si-Fi Alien movies

[piston broke]

who needs aliens when we have shit like that on Earth already!

and we ain't seen nothing yet.
lot's more on our planet we haven't seen yet

[SMOKEU]

By the looks of things, these crabs could pinch more stuff than any nigger!

[Marmoot]

By the looks of things, these crabs could pinch more stuff than any nigger!

According to the original post, they even steal from the blacks' trashcans.


a coconut crab is seeking food from a black trashcan.

And just because they're from Vanuatu, big, and robs/steals, to call them "coconut" is still racist I think.

[mashman]

that's a big fuckin crab... and how do they get the coconuts... :shit:

http://www.brendans-island.com/blogsource/CoconutCrabontree.jpg

[EJK]

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[SMOKEU]

that's a big fuckin crab... and how do they get the coconuts... :shit:

Coz da coconutz r lookin 4 a free feed ay bro and thay aint no skillz to pay da billz to catch da krab wifot bn fukd ova ay.

[YellowDog]

I just got back from Fiji and I did get to see a Coconut Crab.

Not as big as these but pretty damn big though.

Fijian's fight each other for the right to take it home (for dinner).

[Swoop]

There is a restaurant in Rarotonga that has one as a pet. They walk it out to the customers on a string.

They will carry a coconut up the tree and drop it multiple times until it breaks open. Crafty buggers!