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Mar 16, 2023 05:51:42   #
troyfrd1 Loc: Hampstead,NC
 
The coconut crab. Would you eat it. The Pacific Islanders eat them. They are hunted at night. Especially on a full moon. Called coconut crab because it can crush a coconut to get to the soft meat inside.



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Mar 16, 2023 05:55:58   #
OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin
 
Dang, if I was hungry enough, I’d find a way to kill it and cook it!

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Mar 16, 2023 06:16:17   #
Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa
 
Better be wearing a titanium cup. Don't want the wrong coconut cracked. 😕

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Mar 16, 2023 06:23:37   #
bknecht Loc: Northeast pa
 
troyfrd1 wrote:
The coconut crab. Would you eat it. The Pacific Islanders eat them. They are hunted at night. Especially on a full moon. Called coconut crab because it can crush a coconut to get to the soft meat inside.


From the size of it and it’s reputation for cracking coconuts I think I’d first take a head shot with at least a .22 caliber (lol). Don’t think I’d have any trouble eating it though.

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Mar 16, 2023 06:34:19   #
Doug Lemmon Loc: Rochester Mills, PA
 
I think I'm with Brad and the 22 to the head!

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Mar 16, 2023 06:45:52   #
troyfrd1 Loc: Hampstead,NC
 
They say the best part of the meat is his stomach. They live on land. I am not a seafood lover period I eat fish maybe 2-3 times a year. I just love the sport of it

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Mar 16, 2023 06:49:54   #
plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland
 
troyfrd1 wrote:
The coconut crab. Would you eat it. The Pacific Islanders eat them. They are hunted at night. Especially on a full moon. Called coconut crab because it can crush a coconut to get to the soft meat inside.


Try anything once, so Yes steamed like any crab.

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Mar 16, 2023 06:52:28   #
troyfrd1 Loc: Hampstead,NC
 
The Christmas Island Red Crab. Lives on land as well They spawn to the ocean to lay eggs. This one you can not eat.,It would be exciting to see them. There is estimated to be 47.8 million. However the yellow ant have killed an estimated 15 million over the years.

The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), also known as the long-legged ant or Maldive ant, is a species of ant, thought to be native to West Africa or Asia. They have been accidentally introduced to numerous places in the world's tropics.[2][3]





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Mar 16, 2023 06:56:11   #
troyfrd1 Loc: Hampstead,NC
 
It’s amazing how something so small can destroy this crab. Especially when you compare size. I guess once a collection of them get on the crab it’s over.

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Mar 16, 2023 07:29:25   #
OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin
 
That crab looks pretty badass there Troy, but it has to take a lot of ants to take him down!

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Mar 16, 2023 08:02:39   #
Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
 
troyfrd1 wrote:
The coconut crab. Would you eat it. The Pacific Islanders eat them. They are hunted at night. Especially on a full moon. Called coconut crab because it can crush a coconut to get to the soft meat inside.


I saw the shell of a dead one. That was scary enough !!

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Mar 16, 2023 08:30:33   #
Frank romero Loc: Clovis, NM
 
troyfrd1 wrote:
The Christmas Island Red Crab. Lives on land as well They spawn to the ocean to lay eggs. This one you can not eat.,It would be exciting to see them. There is estimated to be 47.8 million. However the yellow ant have killed an estimated 15 million over the years.

The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), also known as the long-legged ant or Maldive ant, is a species of ant, thought to be native to West Africa or Asia. They have been accidentally introduced to numerous places in the world's tropics.[2][3]
The Christmas Island Red Crab. Lives on land as we... (show quote)






Tried chocolate covered ants once not bad

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Mar 16, 2023 09:11:06   #
troyfrd1 Loc: Hampstead,NC
 
OJdidit wrote:
That crab looks pretty badass there Troy, but it has to take a lot of ants to take him down!


Exactly. When they attack there’s what look like millions.

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Mar 16, 2023 09:38:27   #
Foodfisher Loc: SO. Cal coast
 
While living in the canal zone (Panama), my brother and I thought it would be cool to collect a bunch of land crabs and put them in the common area of the front steps. The pregnant neighbor, carrying her toddler came down the steps and almost dropped them both when she saw the collection.
Yep, had to return them while the belt got some good use that day.

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Mar 16, 2023 10:17:32   #
Bog Irish
 
Frank romero wrote:
Tried chocolate covered ants once not bad


Mr. Romero: While a teenager, I ended staying with relatives in the LA area. Never having been exposed to smog (I grew up in the sticks/boondocks of Southwestern Oregon with 180 inches of liquid sunshine per year), I developed a film of sorts overnight, which coated my eyeballs 'til I washed my face in the morning. My aunt had made some excellent brownies for dinner that night. I ate 1 after dinner, and palmed one for a midnight snack. Had already taken a huge bite from the purloined brownie, and set it on the nightstand next to my bed. Woke up the next morning anticipating a big bite of chocolatey goodness. My blurry half open eyes perceived the morsel in the semi-darkness. I reached over, grabbed the brownie, and stuffed half of it in my pie-hole. Not knowing what was happening, I continued to munch on the brownie. I soon realized I was not the only one who loved my aunts brownies. My whole face felt like it was moving! Then it felt like it was on fire! ANTS! They completely covered my face, and halfway up my armpit, biting the living crap out of me! I did the only thing left open to me, and swallowed the 2 bites already in my mouth. Then I slapped myself silly, smashing the rest of the little buggers all over my face. That was 1 damn good brownie, but those ants put a permanent impression on me. NO MORE midnight snacks!

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