I saw this on the Internet. WHY IS IT SO BIG!? (It was probably hungry so it was messing up with someone's trash.) I suddenly want to take it home and feed it coconut!
It is real. If you search "coconut crab" online, you'll see pictures of crabs of this size. They're amazing! The Wikipedia page says this species can grow up to 40 cm, 4 kg, with leg-span of 90 cm; but they only grow that big after more than 40 years.
This picture is very possibly real. The coconut crab is quite widespread in those Southeastern Asian countries, so I don't know if there're subspecies that grow bigger than the ones in Lan Yu. The general description matches the size in the picture. When I see giant arthropods, something about their legs and exoskeleton just makes me wanting to take them home! (But it'll be tragic to be pinched by their claws!)
天啊！我原本以為這是隻假的。難道是真的螃蟹嗎？
ReplyDeleteIt is real. If you search "coconut crab" online, you'll see pictures of crabs of this size. They're amazing!
DeleteThe Wikipedia page says this species can grow up to 40 cm, 4 kg, with leg-span of 90 cm; but they only grow that big after more than 40 years.
在台灣現在好像只有蘭嶼有COCONUT CRAB
ReplyDelete記得很小的時候在墾丁也看到過
還蠻大隻的身體大約約有成人手掌大
加上腳會超過三十公分
但是像造片上五六十公分以上就沒見過了
這隻是真的螃蟹嗎
聽說蘭嶼現在還是有人吃這種螃蟹
還聽說在那裏晚上開車不小心常會壓到這種東西
尤其是月圓的夜晚
This picture is very possibly real. The coconut crab is quite widespread in those Southeastern Asian countries, so I don't know if there're subspecies that grow bigger than the ones in Lan Yu. The general description matches the size in the picture.
DeleteWhen I see giant arthropods, something about their legs and exoskeleton just makes me wanting to take them home! (But it'll be tragic to be pinched by their claws!)