Christmas Island
There is a concern that the Coconut crab could be in danger of extinction.
These creatures have claws which can crack a coconut, hence their name. I am in no doubt, in some part, they are responsible for the death, and disappearance of Amelia Earhart. If they can split a coconut, a human head is no problem to them.
Some people question whether they bred on the island, or moved from nearby Christmas Island on a coconut, another reason for their name. I am in no doubt, they did have the ability to migrate on the tides. Christmas Island has its own crab problem with a massive, growing, crab population. Experts reckon less than 2% of the eggs don't hatch, when a female can lay thousands of eggs at a time, and there are hundreds of them, this is a serious issue.
The problem is though they are numerous, there is little meat on them, and they eat the crops. The main crop is also attacked by a weevil making it poisonius for humans to eat, but harmless to the crabs
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