Sternhauser Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) The above photo is of a king crab. It is a water-dweller. This is a coconut crab. Land-based and far creepier. [img]http://www.abovetheaether.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/coconut-crab.jpg[/img] It is a little-known scientific fact that coconut crabs progress from living in smaller garbage cans to ever larger garbage cans as they grow. Unsubstantiated claims have sometimes been made concerning dumpster-sized coconut crabs infesting the more remote Pacific islands, such as Vanua Vatu. Crabs of unusual size? I don't believe they exist. ~Sternhauser Edited October 24, 2009 by Sternhauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommas_boy Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 [quote name='InHisLove726' date='24 October 2009 - 06:36 AM' timestamp='1256380610' post='1990602'] Could you imagine how much crabmeat would come out of that? [/quote] That's a whole lot of California rolls ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternhauser Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) [quote name='ChildoftheCreator' date='24 October 2009 - 07:02 AM' timestamp='1256382126' post='1990611'] Oh for sure, that crab would definitely not be on my paradise island, unless I lived in a tree house and had machine gun. [/quote] Coconut crabs can climb trees. And you've got to sleep sometime. And they're very quiet. You can only hear the oh-so-faint "[i]schick-schick[/i]" of them wetting their primordial lungs when they're already right next to your ear. ~Sternhauser Edited October 24, 2009 by Sternhauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides quarens intellectum Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 death by huge bug/crab is probably the worst form of torture i can think of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resurrexi Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 [quote name='InHisLove726' date='24 October 2009 - 05:36 AM' timestamp='1256380610' post='1990602'] BTW, I just had to Google "giant coconut crabs" to see how big the suckers really are: [img]http://www.hemmy.net/images/animals/hugecrab01.jpg[/img] Could you imagine how much crabmeat would come out of that? [/quote] That crab would probably eat me before I had a chance to eat it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missionseeker Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 I was watching this last night with jeff. On on discoverychannel.CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 [quote name='Archaeology cat' date='24 October 2009 - 05:40 AM' timestamp='1256377223' post='1990597'] Though I think they'll be surprised when they find Earhart and Noonan on some random planet in the Delta Quadrant in the future. [/quote] Exactly what I was thinking when I saw the thread title. lulz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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