They could crush me in half.
coconut crab
Birgus lato
Visual Appearance
The biggest freaking crab you've ever seen
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decepoda
Family: Coenobitidae
Size
Length: 1 meter
Weight: 9lbs
Environment
Where Found: Around the Indian and Pacific oceans
Habitat: Rianforests
Diet: Birds, coconuts, and fruit
Factoids
- They only eat fleshy fruit.
- They are the largest land crustatian.
- They can crack coconuts.