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Coconut crabs are found on tropical islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, typically achieve a body length of 16 inches with a leg span of more than 3 feet, and may live to be anywhere from 30 to 60 years old.
There are larger crabs living in the sea, their weight being supported by the water! The adult crabs can reach a leg span of 1 m (3.3 ft), a body length of 40 cm (1.3 ft) and weigh up to 17 kg (38 pound), even if usually they reach 4 kg (9 pound). The largest insects (Goliath beetles) weigh just 100 grams... These crabs can live up to 60 years (!), a lot of time for a crustacean and they grow throughout their entire life. Despite its name, the coconut crab is not a typical crab, but a land-turned hermit crab. But while the sea hermit crabs protect their soft abdomen in snail shells, this huge species hardens it like in lobsters. Typical crabs have a greatly reduced abdomen.