Shane P. White / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on palm tree, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Ingo Arndt / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) close up of head and legs, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Doug Perrine / Coconut / Robber crab climbing palm tree {Birgus latro} Palau, Micronesia

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab (Bigrus latro) on tree trunk, Aldabra, Seychelles.

Pete Oxford / Coconut (Robber) crab climbing coconut tree, Aldabra Seychelles

Juergen Freund / Coconut Crab on beach, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on recycled bottles, Vamizi Island, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Vamizi Island, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) in defensive posture, Vamizi Island, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Vamizi Island, Mozambique

Franco Banfi / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) on a palm trunk, Aldabra Atoll, Natural World Heritage Site, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.

Ingo Arndt / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) clinging to exposed rock, with waves washing over, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) climbing over buttress roots, in tropical forest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) climbing down tree trunk, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) climbing over buttress roots, in tropical forest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Willem Kolvoort / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) Grand Terre, Natural World Heritage Site, Aldabra

Willem Kolvoort / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) Grand Terre, Natural World Heritage Site, Aldabra

Willem Kolvoort / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) Grand Terre, Natural World Heritage Site, Aldabra

Juergen Freund / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) climing along root in rainforest, Tetepare Island, Solomon Islands, South Pacific.

Juergen Freund / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) in a burrow in the forest of Tetepare Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010 . NOT AVAILABLE FOR MAGAZINE USE IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES UNTI...

Juergen Freund / Measuring a Coconut crab (Birgus latro) as part of the monitoring programme in the forest of Tetepare Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010 .

Charlie Summers / Robber /Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) stripping a coconut of the outer shell, constantly guarding its work from other crabs. Chirstmas Island in the Indian Ocean. This is the worlds largest living land...

Charlie Summers / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) feeding on coconut flesh, Christmas Island, Australia, Indian Ocean, November. Sequence 3/3

Charlie Summers / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) holding coconut with husk removed, Christmas Island, Australia, Indian Ocean, November. Sequence 2/3

Charlie Summers / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) opening a green coconut, Christmas Island, Australia, Indian Ocean, November. Sequence 1/3

Charlie Summers / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) with two coconuts, and beginning to open the first, Christmas Island, Australia in the Indian Ocean

Ingo Arndt / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) close up of face, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Ingo Arndt / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Ingo Arndt / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Ingo Arndt / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on tree trunk, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Ingo Arndt / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Territory of Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) climbing coconut palm, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) opening coconut with its claws, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) opening coconut with its claws, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) orange variant, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) portrait, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) juvenile with Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) in the foreground, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) crossing the road, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) crossing the road, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) crossing the road, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) crossing the road, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) feeding on Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis), Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Australia

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab {Birgus latro} blue form, climbing down Coconut palm tree, Aldabra, Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm trunk {Birgus latro} Picard Island, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Juergen Freund / Coconut crabs on tree trunk {Birgus latro} Christmas Island

Nick Turner / Coconut / robber crab (Birgus latro) feeding on coconut, Vanuatu, Melanesia

Patricio Robles Gil / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) the world's largest land invertebrate climbing a palm tree, Efate Island, Vanuatu

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) largest terrestrial invertebrate capable of stripping the husk off and opening coconuts, they have also been seen cracking the extremely hard shells of macadamia nuts, Solo...

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) the largest terrestrial invertebrate capable of stripping the husk off and opening coconuts, they have also been seen cracking the extremely hard shells of macadamia nuts,...

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) the largest living terrestrial invertebrate, can reach a weight of nine pounds and a leg span of over three feet, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Juergen Freund / Coconut crab {Birgus latro} scavenging on Red crab road kill at night, Christmas Island

Justine Evans / Man holding Coconut crab {Birgus latro} Espirito Santo, Vanuatu, Melanesia

Justine Evans / Coconut land crab {Birgus latro} feeding on coconut, Espirito Santo, Vanuatu

Juergen Freund / Robber crab on rock {Birgus latro} Christmas Island, Indian ocean

Dan Burton / Coconut / Robber crab on beach {Birgus latro} Henderson Island, Pitcairn Islands, Pacific

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) eating a coconut on the forest floor, world's largest terrestrial invertebrate, Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) digging burrow on forest floor, Palmyra Atoll, world's largest terrestrial invertebrate, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) pair eating coconut on forest floor, world's largest terrestrial invertebrate, Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) scaling a Grand Devil's-claws tree

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on fallen tree trunk, the world's largest terrestrial invertebrate has been decimated elsewhere for human food, Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, Us Line Islands

Tui De Roy / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) the world's largest land invertebrate, husking and eating a coconut on the forest floor, Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm trunk, Picard Island, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm trunk, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab predating Hawksbill turtle nest, Aldabra, Seychelles

Juergen Freund / Coconut crab on tree trunk, Christmas Island

Juergen Freund / Coconut crab on beach, Christmas Island

Juergen Freund / Coconut crabs on beach, Christmas Island

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm tree trunk, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.

Juergen Freund / Coconut / Robber crab {Birgus latro} feeds on dead Red crab {Gecarcoidea natalis} at night. Christmas Is, Pacific

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm tree, Aldabra, Seychelles.

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Coconut crab, Sipadan, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm leaf, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Claudio Velasquez / Coconut crab {Birgus latro} stealing Green turtle egg Aldabra, Seychelles

Shane P. White / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on palm tree, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on tree, Christmas Island, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Christmas Island, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) group on beach, Christmas Island, Australia

Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on tree, Christmas Island, Australia

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) pair on tree, Vamizi Island, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) pair on tree, Vamizi Island, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) in forest, Vamizi Island, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Vamizi Island, Mozambique

David Fleetham / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) on coconut plant, Aitutaki Atoll, Cook Islands.

David Fleetham / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) beside tree, Aitutaki, Cook Islands.

Roberto Rinaldi / Coconut crab / Robber crab (Birgus latro), the largest terrestrial arthropod on earth, Sulawesi, Indonesia. ^^^Very powerful with vastly strong pincers, it climbs trees and eat coconuts. Considered a...

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) crossing the road, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) crossing the road, Christmas Island, Australia

Stephen Belcher / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) feeding on Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis), Christmas Island, Australia

Phil Chapman / Cameraman Mike Pitts filming Coconut Crab {Birgus latro} on Henderson Island for BBC television series "Nomads of the Wind", 1992

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) with an abundance of insect parasites, parasitic flies can attack terrestrial crustaceans as shown by these fly pupae, Solomon Islands