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The coconut crab, aka robber crab or palm thief, is not only the largest known terrestrial hermit crab, but the largest known terrestrial arthropod in the world! You can find these ginormous critters in the island chains of the Indian Ocean, parts of the Pacific Ocean, and also as far […]

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