A coconut crab. (Credit: Shin-ichoro Oka/PLOS.org) Talk about a powerful handshake. Researchers have measured the crushing grip of coconut crabs, the largest hermit crabs on Earth, for the first time, ...
Some animals have crushing bites that can break even bones, but the coconut crab can crush incredibly tough objects with nothing more than its hefty claws. Image Credit: Anke Heldmann/YouTube As their ...
Its handshake could crush your fingers. A giant crab from the Asia-Pacific region can lift the weight of a small child and has the most powerful claw strength of any crustacean. The coconut crab – ...
Delicate marine ecosystems in the waters off Antarctica face a threat brought about by global warming: an invasion of shell-crushing crabs, which could become top predators in the chilly but warming ...
King crabs, with their crushing claws and ecosystem-altering habits, have shown up in the warming waters of a deep basin in the Antarctic continental shelf, raising worries they'll hurt other species ...
King crabs, with their crushing claws and ecosystem-altering habits, have shown up in the warming waters of a deep basin in the Antarctic continental shelf, raising worries they'll hurt other species ...
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