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Coconut crab  Birgus latro,Coconut crab,Geotagged,Tanzania,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. What a majestic monster. Great find and shot Ori Posted 3 years ago

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The coconut crab is a species of terrestrial also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest land-living arthropod in the world, and is probably at the upper size limit for terrestrial animals with exoskeletons at current conditions during the Holocene, with a weight up to 4.1 kg. It can grow to up to 1 m in length from leg to leg.

Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Ori Fragman Sapir
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By Ori Fragman Sapir

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Uploaded Sep 20, 2021. Captured Sep 19, 2021 21:03 in Unguja Archipelago, Tanzania.
  • SM-G998B
  • f/2.4
  • 1/1s
  • ISO320
  • 9mm