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Holy crab! Stunning holiday snap shows fearless tourist holding a monstrous crustacean that feasts on rats and can crack a coconut with its powerful claws
A fearless tourist has returned home with the holiday snap of a lifetime after he encountered a giant crab on a tropical island in the#IndianOcean.
Mark Pierrot was bold enough to pick up the massive coconut crab and hold it for the camera as he visited the jungle on #ChristmasIsland.
With terrifying claws that are powerful enough to crack coconuts, the alien-like crustacean is the largest land-living arthropod in the world, weighing up to 9lbs and measuring up to 3ft in length.
It is estimated that tiny Christmas Island, an Australian territory, is home to more than a million coconut crabs – and they’re one of the reasons tourists visit.
The monstrous crabs can climb trees but will drown in water, and are also known as robber crabs or palm thieves because they will get their claws on anything. (Mail Online)
Mark Pierrot was bold enough to pick up the massive coconut crab and hold it for the camera as he visited the jungle on #ChristmasIsland.
With terrifying claws that are powerful enough to crack coconuts, the alien-like crustacean is the largest land-living arthropod in the world, weighing up to 9lbs and measuring up to 3ft in length.
It is estimated that tiny Christmas Island, an Australian territory, is home to more than a million coconut crabs – and they’re one of the reasons tourists visit.
The monstrous crabs can climb trees but will drown in water, and are also known as robber crabs or palm thieves because they will get their claws on anything. (Mail Online)
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