Photo by fearlessRich (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPowerful Smelling Crabs<\/h2>\n
In general, crabs are not known for their increased sense of smell, however, the Coconut Crab is not like most other crabs. Nope, these crabs have developed an acute sense of smell which they rely on heavily to find food. So what kind of food are they looking for? These interesting land crabs will eat anything from fruit, nuts, seeds and even carrion (these are dead animals which probably stink pretty bad so I don’t know why they needed to evolve an acute sense of smell). There have been reports of these crabs climbing coconut trees, picking the coconuts before breaking into them to enjoy the sweet taste of coconut flesh. While this may happen, this is not one of their main sources of food. Good thing too because it sounds like an awful lot of work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Did You Know? The Coconut Crab is also referred to as the Robber Crab has they have been known to steal shiny objects] This species of crab is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world As the name suggests, this crab has a love for coconut and is able to crack open with their incredibly powerful pinchers How Big is a Coconut Crab? So just how big is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world? Unfortunately, their size doesn’t sound all that impressive as they only weigh up to 4.1 kg (9 lbs). But when you consider that they are <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,3351,3352,289,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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