Coconut crabs are a species of "hermit" crab on the ground, also known as bandits or palm thieves. This is the world's largest terrestrial arthropod. Not only that, it is also a species. Coconut crab claws are strong enough to break an open coconut, and can be used to lift weights up to 28kg.
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If coconuts are not available on the ground, coconut crabs can climb trees and cut them down. Coconut crabs are also attached by indigenous people to the nickname 'bandits' because of their climbing and theft of lightning fast.
Although Birgus latro is the origin of the soul crab, only juveniles use the snail shell to protect their own soft abdomen, and the larger one sometimes uses the broken coconut shell to protect their belly.
They have developed their sense of smell, they use it to find potential food sources. Crab reaches sexual maturity after about 5 years, and the total life expectancy can be achieved over 60 years.
Large coconut crabs eat fruits, nuts, and the core of fallen trees, they climb up the coconut tree and eat the coconut by adding bark and eating coconut rice. However, coconut is not an important part of their diet.
Coconut crabs cannot swim, and will drown if submerged in water for a long time. Coconut crabs are found on islands in the Indian Ocean and areas of the Pacific Ocean as far east as the Gambier Islands, reflecting the distribution of coconut, it is extinct in most areas. Significant population, including mainland Australia and Madagascar.
