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Coconut crab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The robber crab is not an actual animal but the nickname of the coconut crab. It gets the robber crab name due to the the belief it often steals shiny, metallic objects from tents. It is currently the largest living land arthropod in the world. ... Interestingly enough the crab has a blueish-color to its shell,
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free ... (Photo taken by Rebecca Dominguez on Christmas Island, January 2006. The crab was about the size of an unshelled coconut. {{GFDL-user-w|en|english wikipedia|Jarich}} Category:Birgus latro ) ... Coconut crab...
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The robber crab; Part of the great crustacean mystery ... The robber crab, Birgus latro, is the world’s largest land crab. It can grow to 60 centimetres (two feet) or more from head to tail. It sneaks out of its burrow at night, climbs the trunks of coconut palms or other fruit trees, and snips off the coconuts or fruit...
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The terrestrial robber crab Birgus latro L. regulates the composition of its final excretory product (termed P) depending on the availability of dietary salt by reabsorbing ions from urine passed over the gills.
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Greenaway, P., Taylor, H. H. and Morris, S (1990). Adaptations to a terrestrial existence by the robber crab Birgus latro . VI. The role of the excretory system in fluid balance. J. Exp. Biol 152, 505-.[Abstract/Free Full Text];
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Did you hear about the crab that climbs trees at night to steal coconuts? It's no joke. f you visit christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, or some other south-west pacific and Indian ... The Robber crab has become so adapted to living on the land that it will drown if it submerged in water for more than a few minutes.
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Family: Crab ... Behavior for Robber Crab: ... Dropped from Robber Crab:
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