WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may not be wise to get into a scrap with a coconut crab. Its claw is a mighty weapon. Scientists on Wednesday said they measured the pinch strength of this large land crab ...

Behold the coconut crab and its magnificent clampers. Scientists in Japan say the strength of the crab’s “mighty claw” is greater than most predators’ jaws. They published a report of their crab tests ...

The mighty claws of the coconut crab can pinch harder than most land animals, according to new research from Japanese scientists. Sean Dowling (@seandowlingtv) has more. The mighty claws of the ...

The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a species of terrestrial hermit crab. The crab is big, the largest land-living arthropod in the world, with a body length of up to 40 centimeters (16 inches). The ...

This is a coconut crab (ca. 2 kg body weight). All figures and photographic images will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL), which allows them to be freely used, ...

The moment was caught on video in October 2020, but the 1-minute and 39-second clip has gone viral after a Reddit user by the name of Lessons_Learnt shared it to the site’s r/Australia and ...