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The Robber Crab (Birgus latro), 1857. Creator: Unknown.

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The Robber Crab (Birgus latro), 1857. Charles Darwin: 'The young are hatched and live for some time on the coast. At this period of existence we cannot suppose that cocoa- nuts form any part of their diet; most probably soft saccharine grasses, tender fruits, and animal matters constitute their food, until they attain to a certain degree of size and strength...It has been stated by some authors that the Birgus latro crawls up the cocoa-nut trees, for the purpose of stealing the nuts. I very much doubt the possibility of this; but with Pandanus (to which Mr. Cuming refers as being ascended by this crab) the task would be very much easier. I understand from Mr. Liesk that on these islands [in Malaya] the Birgus lives only on the nuts which fall to the ground'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM23A75_266

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Droits gérés

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10,6Mo (625,0Ko) / 14,2cm x 18,7cm / 1678 x 2205 (300dpi)

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