Coconut Crabs

[EdisNiksic]

In that one survival show on discovery with the husband and wife, the couple caught a coconut crab for themselves and as they were eating it they were saying how wonderful it tastes.

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[wolfnipplechips]

You can import them for food. I planned if I ever won a lottery and set up my dream crabitat (industrial sized greenhouse turned into half jungle half beach), I'd order a couple. They are so neat!

[hermitcrab101]

This is the only place I've ever seen them for sale… http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/H ... 17260.html

[WingedWalrus]

I don't think that link is legit - it just says them listed as hermit crabs but shows the odd picture of the coconut crab. How did you find it? I'm tempted to see if it works!?

[WingedWalrus]

You can import them for food. I planned if I ever won a lottery and set up my dream crabitat (industrial sized greenhouse turned into half jungle half beach), I'd order a couple. They are so neat!

I love your idea! Your comments make me smile. You are a crab whisperer.

[hermitcrab101]

I don't think that link is legit - it just says them listed as hermit crabs but shows the odd picture of the coconut crab. How did you find it? I'm tempted to see if it works!?

I just kind of stubled upon it looking for places to buy exotic hermit crabs from. I think it is legit since they also sell several other hermit crab species. If you want to try to get one it's a bit hard, your going to have to get this importation lisnses from the wild life department and then pick it up at a designated port since the supplier is in Indonesia. Thats why I never considerd ordering hermit crabs from another country after I found that out.

[WingedWalrus]

Oh how weird.... Now I am kind of seriously tempted, just to see what I'd get.

Wonder how much the importation license costs... Hmm.

[hermitcrab101]

Wonder how much the importation license costs... Hmm.

I think the license(s) are free or under $100, If you got one you could also import other exotic hermit crabs.

[wodesorel]

Export fees, import fees, fees for the application to be an importer, and you have to have them delivered to an international airport that is capable of doing customs on live animals as not all are. There are fees on customs as well. It's not a walk in the park, but if you had the money it's totally doable.

[Dom :)]

I've seen one in an Aqarium, in the gift shop. It was alive! It was in a Aqarium in Tennessee

[715banana]

There is one in Florida Aquarium if you just want to have a look

[Skymall007]

I love them too! They love shiny things and so are also known as robber crabs because they hide shiny things. I want to give one a watch someday

[Emily]

They are not good as pets.

1. If you think a pinch from a 3inch crab hurts, imagine what a full grown 3 foot monster could do. Risks of getting your fingers cut off more like... their claws are meant for breaking coconuts. If you don't think it could accidentally take off a finger, then you're dreaming.

2. The husbandry is super specific. Having at least 6 feet of substrate for them to dig and molt in just isn't feasible for normal people. They like climbing coconut trees, imagine trying to provide climbing stuff for them :/. Plus their diet is specific to tropical fruits and coconuts for the healthiest crabs. While they topple over garbage cans for food, I suspect the ones that live the longest are those that don't accidentally eat some leftover fries that got tossed.

3. They are becoming locally extinct where humans exist.

While we are doing our best to try and get our crabs to procreate in captivity, we have rarely succeeded, so its best to leave the coconut crab to its own devices and breed in the wild.

[Dom :)]

They had two at a land animal exhibit in an aquarium in TN

[Mrflufay]

I've seen live ones on triop Germany