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  1. 06-29-2007, 05:22 AM #1
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    Take a squizzy at this thing.

    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.
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    Oh that's not real, IS IT, IS IT, IS IT????
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  3. 06-29-2007, 09:02 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marigold2
    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.
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    Holy $^IT!!!! I see crab legs in your future with drawn butter!!! YUMMY!!!

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    Seriously, if I saw that I think I'd drop dead. OMG, it's friggin HUGE!
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    Quote Originally Posted by moosmom
    Holy $^IT!!!! I see crab legs in your future with drawn butter!!! YUMMY!!!
    I was thinking the same thing. Are they edible????
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  8. 06-30-2007, 12:15 AM #8
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    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

    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
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  9. 06-30-2007, 07:28 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by crow_noir
    In that picture the butt looks like a beefy burger. LOL. ;-p
    I wonder if you get fries with it.
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    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!

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

    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.

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  12. 07-03-2007, 04:26 AM #12
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    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!!!!!
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