Coconut crab pictures

The coconut crab is the largest land living arthropod the world has seen. This species lives in parts of the coastal forest regions of many Indo Pacific islands, althought it has been said that the coconut crab is kinda on the verge on extinction, the only way one could get to see one of them is after its dark and late nights hours.

The coconut crab also has a list of local names, some of them are , unga in the Cook Islands, and ayuyu in the Marianas.

The coconut crab is named as such after their huge claws, which can easily crack a coconut into two.