I, For One, Welcome Our New Coconut Crab Overlord ...

Posted by Alex in Animal, Pictures on September 17, 2007 at 5:06 am


That’s the coconut crab, which according to Wikipedia is the largest terrestrial arthropod in the world – found at One Large Prawn


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23 comments to "I, For One, Welcome Our New Coconut Crab Overlord ..."

  1. Nora
    September 17th, 2007 at 5:31 am

    Wow... that is insanely creepy.

    (And yet...somehow tasty looking at the same time. :( )

  2. algonkin
    September 17th, 2007 at 7:03 am

    Dang!!! That thing scares the crap outta me!

  3. inverse
    September 17th, 2007 at 7:12 am

    How it taste?

  4. Justin
    September 17th, 2007 at 7:36 am

    OH DAMN THAT THINGS REAL?!

  5. Ant
    September 17th, 2007 at 10:58 am

    They're like hermit crabs without seashells.

  6. Stacyj
    September 17th, 2007 at 11:27 am

    Knowing those things are out there lumbering around makes my universe just that much darker and more frightening ...

  7. anonymous
    September 17th, 2007 at 11:38 am

    they have a rudimentary lung (that works when air blows through it as opposed to inhaling) and they store up coconut fat in a gland...which is pretty tasty. you can't eat them anymore...they're protected. they are strong enough to use those claws to open coconuts, which is not a trivial thing.

  8. amanda
    September 17th, 2007 at 11:42 am

    My only question is: how does one cook it?

  9. Lasse
    September 17th, 2007 at 12:00 pm

    They are here!

  10. Bat Guano
    September 17th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

    Actually, I think Anthony Bourdain ate one on recent "No Reservations." Since they live off of coconuts, they taste coconuty.

    But if they live off of people's garbage, I wouldn't want to eat it.

  11. Chris
    September 17th, 2007 at 2:59 pm

    F*CK!

    oops sorry, but nothing else came out of my mind...

  12. Ali S.
    September 17th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

    I'm amazed no one else had the thought after seeing the ginormous crab that considering the size of that beast...the trashcan hasn't tipped over. O_O

  13. Denita TwoDragons
    September 17th, 2007 at 4:11 pm

    I for one welcome our new Coconut Crab Overlords...

    --TwoDragons

  14. matthew
    September 17th, 2007 at 5:25 pm

    anyone hungry?

  15. diner
    September 18th, 2007 at 3:47 pm

    They are tasty!! They yield plenty of sweet nutty meat. Unfortunately most places that they live, people have knocked the population way back due to their fantastic taste. They move so slow that they aren't really scary. Very cool animal.

  16. Jim
    September 18th, 2007 at 4:00 pm

    Would probably go good with a butter sauce...

  17. Monte
    September 18th, 2007 at 11:20 pm

    That, my friends, is nightmare fuel.

  18. Riss
    September 21st, 2007 at 10:41 am

    I can't stop screaming inside. o_o

    Now I feel nervous about letting my feet touch the floor, even though I don't live where they do and probably never will.

  19. BeeDub
    September 21st, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    So it's like a crab-roach. Imagine that thing running across the floor when you are on a midnight snack run to the fridge. It makes my skin crawl.

  20. airportspongebath
    September 22nd, 2007 at 12:19 am

    dr. zoidberg?

  21. Sammy
    February 25th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    Why would anyone stop and take a picture. This is the kind of thing people see then imediatly turn around and walk the other way quietly so it doesnt eat them

  22. wtf
    October 19th, 2008 at 5:10 pm

    eeeewwwwwwwwww

  23. Zach
    July 13th, 2009 at 8:37 am

    Holy Shit, That is rediculous


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