Christmas Island Robber Crab

The christmas island red crab gecarcoidea natalis is a species of land crab that is endemic to christmas island and cocos keeling islands in the indian ocean.
Christmas island robber crab. Robber crab climbing a palm tree. It can grow to up to 1 m 3 ft 3 in in length from each tip to tip of the leg. Christmas island tourism posted about the occurrence on its facebook page writing our mischievous robber crabs made headlines all around the country this week when they showed up unannounced at. Researcher annabel dorrestein set up a thermal imaging camera to study flying foxes or bats at night on australia s christmas island.
Robber crabs behaving badly the facebook post said adding that the campers had a few extra mouths to feed. The coconut crab birgus latro is a species of terrestrial hermit crab also known as the robber crab or palm thief it is the largest land living arthropod in the world with a weight up to 4 1 kg 9 0 lb. Christmas island s tourism department posted a picture of dozens of robber crabs that had invaded the family s barbeque dinner while they were camping over the weekend. Christmas island has the world s largest and best protected population of these gentle giants which can live to be more than 50 years old.
Christmas island robber crab suspected of nicking expensive camera in late night burglary the robber crab or coconut crab which can live for up to 80 years is sometimes referred to as a gentle. Christmas island robber crabs and hermit crabs. On land the anomura are represented principally by the coenobitidae which include 16 species of shell carrying terrestrial hermit crabs coenobita and the robber or coconut crab birgus latro the largest terrestrial arthropod an abdomen which is clearly visible and distinct from the cephalothorax is a morphological feature of anomuran crabs. It is found on islands across the indian ocean and parts of the pacific ocean as far east as the gambier.
A christmas island robber crab has has allegedly stolen and destroyed a thermal imaging camera set up by a researcher studying one of the island s other native residents.