It's Alive Animals

Coconut crab pinches like a lion, eats like a dumpster diver

The giant crustaceans use their mighty claws to scavenge, hunt

Birgus latro

SOUTHPAW STRENGTH  Birgus latro, the largest known crab species on land, scavenges with a mighty left claw strong enough to crack a coconut.

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By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

A big coconut crab snaps its outsized left claw as hard as a lion can bite, new measurements suggest.