Take a squizzy at this thing.

[wombat2u2004]

This is a coconut crab from Vanuatu.
Evidently, some kids who sometimes go out to play in the coconut groves have had their foot nipped off.
Horrible looking things......... eh ???
Just do me a favour would you ??? Just check around your feet, and if you feel a movement....it could be one of those.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t7/wombat2u2004/CAVY2X3N.jpg

[Marigold2]

Oh that's not real, IS IT, IS IT, IS IT????

[wombat2u2004]

Oh that's not real, IS IT, IS IT, IS IT????

Yep....real alright mate. They get them sometimes with their legs up to 3' long.
Wom

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Oh yuck!

[moosmom]

Holy $^IT!!!! I see crab legs in your future with drawn butter!!! YUMMY!!! :p

[Alysser]

Seriously, if I saw that I think I'd drop dead. :eek: OMG, it's friggin HUGE! :eek:

[Marigold2]

John I can't believe that ugly horrible thing is real. Good gravy. Where can I get one? :p Actually I just looked it up and yes John you weren't pulling our leg, this ugly beast is real. Oh and I thought cockroaches were bad....................

[Catty1]

Thank God I live in Canada.
Thank God I live in Canada.
Thank God I live in Canada.
Thank God I live in Canada.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Alysser]

I'd think that ugly thing would make a better guard then any human or dog. No one would think it was real. :D

[sweetpatata6]

:eek:

[gemini9961]

Yucky!!! I would die if I came across one of those.

[IRescue452]

And I've been wasting my time on the litte crab legs!!

A squizzy? What's a squizzy?

[Blue_Frog]

Holy Heck, thats one big crustation!


And I've been wasting my time on the litte crab legs!!

A squizzy? What's a squizzy?

I looked it up in an Australian Slang Dictionary (http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html) ...

Squizz (noun) : look - "take a squizz at this"

[slick]

Holy $^IT!!!! I see crab legs in your future with drawn butter!!! YUMMY!!! :p I was thinking the same thing. Are they edible???? :confused:

[Lady's Human]

according to wiki, they are edible, and are considered an aphrodisiac by the natives.

[Catty1]

are considered an aphrodisiac by the natives

Now THAT'S desperate!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

If they can nip off a child's foot....oh dear....

[wombat2u2004]

And I've been wasting my time on the litte crab legs!!

A squizzy? What's a squizzy?

Squizzy = have a look

[wombat2u2004]

They are just about extinct in Vanuatu, evidently they are a delicacy, and yes....an aphrodisiac. But on some islands there's heaps of them. On Christmas Island, which is Aussie territory, they are protected and there is millions of them. Trouble is tho....they only come out at night, so I guess you'd have to watch where you sleep....lol. :eek:
Wom

[Catty1]

Note to self: Do not honeymoon on Christmas Island!

[wombat2u2004]

Note to self: Do not honeymoon on Christmas Island!
:D :D :D

[cyber-sibes]

Yikes!....I'll never walk in a coconut grove without steel toed hiking boots on.

[crow_noir]

In that picture the butt looks like a beefy burger. LOL. ...no wonder kids were getting their feet nipped off... IF this were in America. ;-p


This is a coconut crab from Vanuatu.
Evidently, some kids who sometimes go out to play in the coconut groves have had their foot nipped off.

[pitc9]

Yikes!....I'll never walk in a coconut grove without steel toed hiking boots on.

Forget steel toed boot Pat... how about just staying the h*ll away from the coconut groves!!!!

Yikes that thing is Biiiig and Ugly!
It puts the UG in Ugly!! :D

[wombat2u2004]

In that picture the butt looks like a beefy burger. LOL. ;-p

I wonder if you get fries with it. :eek:
Wom

[Miss Z]

:eek: Woah! That thing would give you one heck of a fright if you went to put the rubbish out one morning and there it was on the bin! :p

Nature is amazing though, to be able to create creatures like that.

[Twisterdog]

Holy! :eek:

That's insane! No, no, nope, no way .... I would so not want to see one of those! And I normally think crabs are cute.

*faints*

[karyn674]

I've seen one of them in a smaller version on the Travel Channel, featuring Vanuatu. Nature is amazing......he has the right tools to crack open a coconut, doesn't he?!!

In Vanuatu even the starfish looks quite pre-historic!!!!!