Greetings intrepid readers and amateur detectives. We don't know what these things are (we just know where to find them), so put your sleuthing skills to good use and help us out. What is this? Where did it come from? And what is it doing here? Tell us everything you know.
Some images stick with you forever. And since finding this one on the Google one day (no idea how THIS came up in my search) I just can't get this monster out of my head. And some poor guy can't keep it out of his garbage can. WHAT IS IT?!
- 6.22.09 - 2:30PM
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- Stephen Lenz
What Is That? Giant Crab Monster Will Haunt Your Dreams
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6.22.09
By Matthew Hall
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/coconut-crabs/
Giant coconut crab.
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6.22.09
By Clyde
Above poster is correct. I saw mine while stationed on a military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean! The British Indian Ocean Territory of Diego Garcia is home to British & American forces & is accessible only with the permission of those governments militaries permission.
The coconut crab is under protection of the crown & harassing or killing them is punishable by fine of up to $1500 (or so we were briefed), consequently, they ARE very tasty when grilled!
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6.22.09
By Allison
Coconut Crab...got the name because they can crack open coconuts with their pincers.
From what I've read they're docile and harmless unless provoked. Go to google images and type in coconut crab...there's a picture of a guy letting one crawl up the side of his torso.
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6.25.09
By Claire
Aren't they horrifying?
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6.25.09
By mewmewmew
This one has already been guessed, so I'm sure I now can point to tineye, some image searchengine you've might have heard about already. It makes this detective work easier! Crab as example: http://imgur.com/S7KxD.jpg (using a Firefox plugin there).
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6.25.09
By mewmewmew
And to be overly complete, the rodent one linked came up with this as the first result: http://www.petsugar.com/1626401
It's a "guess what animal this is" page that identifies this picture as "That's a capybara mother and her baby giving cute capybara kissies at a zoo in Hanover (sic), Germany on May 14."
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