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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Rifleman - sea slug
Ihe robber crab, related to hermit crabs, grows up to VA feet (45 cm) long and
weighs up to around 9 pounds (4 kg). Its walking legs are broad and strong, as
are its claws. Behind the usual crab carapace the abdomen is hard and
symmetrical, ...
As soon as it is seized by the crab, it is easy to judge of the direction and depth of
the burrow. The rest now dig and speedily secure the crab. The burrow of the
robber-crab is in a slanting direction, but never very deep. Should the hole prove
...
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The Tonga Islands and Other Groups
THE ROBBER-CRAB. vEFORE we sail away from the Hervey group, we must pay
our respects to the robber-crab, a creature forbidding in aspect, very sagacious,
possessed of great power, and of no small service on the table of the natives.
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Nearshore Marine Resources of the South Pacific: Information ...
12pp. Gibson-Hill, C.A. (1947). Field notes on the terrestrial crabs (Christmas
Island). Bull. Raffles Museum 18, 43-52. Greenaway, P., Morris, S. and McMahon,
B.R. (1988). Adaptations to a terrestrial existence by the robber crab Birgus latro.
II.
Andrew Wright, Lance Hill, 1993
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Children Knowledge Bank (4Th Vols)
But if an adult robber crab is left underwater beyond 24 hours, it will ultimately be
drowned. These are the crabs which can climb trees. The robber crab (Bigus
Latro) is an extremely large land crab of SouthWest Pacific and Indian ocean.
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The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told, Volume 1
The Case of the Robber Crab On some of the coral islands of the Indian and
Pacific Oceans there lives a land-crab, Birgus, which has learned to breathe on
land. It breathes dry air by means of curious blood- containing tufts in the upper
part of ...
John Arthur Thomson, 1922
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North American Wildlife
The robber crab feeds on coconuts that have cracked open falling from trees,
along with carrion, fruits and sago pith. It, too, is a climber and can scale the
trunks of sago palms and other trees. Breeding and growth The common hermit
crab ...
Marshall Cavendish Reference, 2010
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Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management
King crab Paral/ihodes camtschaticus Coconut (robber) crab Birgus Iatro the
coconut, or robber crab, 3irgus latro (4 kg). large baited traps or pots, and catches
of up to one tonne per haul have been made. However, due to declining stocks,
the ...
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Talking Turkey: A Food Lover's Guide to the Origins of ...
When Cardisoma thrusts out its big claw to guard the entrance, the robber crab
seizesit, twistsitoff, andscuttles offto enjoy agourmet feast. coconut;copra. Safe in
its buoyant, waterproof pod, thecoconut sailed the high seasfrom southern Asiain
...
Surpassing the spider-cmb in strength is the robber-crab of the Indie coast. It is
also found on the Spice Island, where it is fatted like pigs for the table. It chiefi}r
haunts the thick branches of the coconut palm tree and makes its nest of the husk
of ...
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The other side of Christmas Island
Every 10m or so, large coconut crabs sit on the track, oblivious to their potential fate under the ... I am shown a photo of a robber crab as large as a rubbish bin. «The West Australian, Июн 14»
This crab is being robbed of its life
This largest land crab is called robber crab, but in reality only its life is being robbed by youth, and habitat destruction after the 2004 tsunami. The population of ... «The Hindu, Апр 14»
PLOS ONE Zoo: Giant robber crabs, pandas, bonobo apes and more!
For example, one study published today uses GPS trackers to reveal an internal 'GPS' in giant robber crabs, the world's largest land-living arthropod. «PLoS Blogs, Ноя 12»
'Robber crab' steals the show
One of the rarest species of crabs, the coconut crab is on display at the government museum till Sunday, as part of its 'Exhibit of the Week' programme. «The Hindu, Ноя 11»
Campaign fails to slow squashing of Christmas Island crabs
The tree-climbing, coconut-eating robber crab is the king of the jungle on the tiny Australian territory, but 500 of them were turned into roadkill between January ... «The Australian, Июл 10»
Pilfering crab has insect's nose
The crab has achieved this in the same way as the ancestors of insects did. The robber crab, which is descended from marine crabs, had to develop a new way ... «BBC News, Янв 05»
