crabs
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Coconut crabs, also known as Robber crabs, emerge at night to hunt for small mammals and seabirds, and will force the search crew to spend nights on their ship for their own safety.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The search team's work, expected to take five days, could be hampered by giant land-dwelling crabs, as well as the El Niño climate phenomenon which is now the strongest ever recorded.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
They are related to spiders, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs, but unlike their land-dwelling relatives, they remained entirely marine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
The eldest is Kenny Heath, 63, a commercial fisherman who hauled in 32 bushels of crabs the day he put his 40-foot boat to the test in Pocomoke City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“You’re not allowed to harvest horseshoe crabs here. It’s against the law.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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