The coconut crab is a large edible land crab related to the hermit crab, and
are found in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans . They eat coconuts for
a living! How would you like to be on an island and come across a crab that is
more than 3 feet from head to tail and weighs up to 40 pounds, with a pair of
large pincers strong enough to open coconuts! They can climb trees too, but
they only eat coconuts that have already fallen to the ground. Coconut crab
meat has been considered a local delicacy.