Coconut Crab: Characteristics, Diet, and Habitat

The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial crustacean and the heaviest crab species in the world, capable of weighing up to 4 kilograms and reaching nearly one meter in leg span. Famous for its ability to open coconuts, it is also an opportunistic scavenger with a varied diet. Coconut crabs in...