Coconut (Robber) Crab website

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:45 pm

sorry, i didnt mean to sound negative about it. Just that coconuts and hermits are a whole different ball game.

If it helps there species survive or increases our knowlage of them then it can only be a good thing.
(just keep your fingers away from the pinchy bits!)

(Picture from Biology of the Land Crabs, W. W. Burggren and B. R. McMahon, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.)

OIF_VET · Post by **OIF_VET** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:29 pm

LOL!! I certainly will keep all my Parts away from the Pichy thing!
I took no offense...None at all! You saw something that I hadnt even thought about.
Thanx

Zealous Euphemism · Post by **Zealous Euphemism** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:30 pm

Holy Mackaral.......gargantuan crabs!!! I've never seen them for sale, but I can only assume you can get them SOMEWHERE.

I don't think I would ever try to keep one....I suppose it'd be like Jedediah said, and you'd have to give him a room all his own! Which I probably will never have room for....and I've been crabbing for two years and I still don't even feel ready for Straws!

Jedediah · Post by **Jedediah** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:20 am

Unless you can breed them, keeping them won't do a thing for preservation and as far as I know Birgus latro hasn't been bred in captivity yet.