Ingo Arndt / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) close up of head and legs, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Doug Perrine / Coconut / Robber crab climbing palm tree {Birgus latro} Palau, Micronesia

Pete Oxford / Coconut (Robber) crab climbing coconut tree, Aldabra Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab (Bigrus latro) on tree trunk, Aldabra, Seychelles.

Jurgen Freund / Coconut Crab on beach, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.

Shane P. White / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on palm tree, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

Willem Kolvoort / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) Grand Terre, Natural World Heritage Site, Aldabra

Willem Kolvoort / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) Grand Terre, Natural World Heritage Site, Aldabra

Willem Kolvoort / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) Grand Terre, Natural World Heritage Site, Aldabra

Franco Banfi / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) on a palm trunk, Aldabra Atoll, Natural World Heritage Site, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.

Jurgen Freund / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) climing along root in rainforest, Tetepare Island, Solomon Islands, South Pacific.

Jurgen Freund / Coconut crab (Birgus latro) in a burrow in the forest of Tetepare Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010 . NOT AVAILABLE FOR MAGAZINE USE IN GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES UNTI...

Jurgen Freund / Measuring a Coconut crab (Birgus latro) as part of the monitoring programme in the forest of Tetepare Island, Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, July 2010 .

Charlie Summers / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) with two coconuts, and beginning to open the first, Christmas Island, Australia in the Indian Ocean

Charlie Summers / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) feeding on coconut flesh, Christmas Island, Australia, Indian Ocean, November. Sequence 3/3

Charlie Summers / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) holding coconut with husk removed, Christmas Island, Australia, Indian Ocean, November. Sequence 2/3

Charlie Summers / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) opening a green coconut, Christmas Island, Australia, Indian Ocean, November. Sequence 1/3

Charlie Summers / Robber /Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) stripping a coconut of the outer shell, constantly guarding its work from other crabs. Chirstmas Island in the Indian Ocean. This is the worlds largest living land...

Ingo Arndt / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) clinging to exposed rock, with waves washing over, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) climbing over buttress roots, in tropical forest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) climbing over buttress roots, in tropical forest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Robber Crab (Birgus latro) climbing down tree trunk, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab {Birgus latro} blue form, climbing down Coconut palm tree, Aldabra, Seychelles

Justine Evans / Coconut land crab {Birgus latro} feeding on coconut, Espirito Santo, Vanuatu

Justine Evans / Man holding Coconut crab {Birgus latro} Espirito Santo, Vanuatu, Melanesia

Jurgen Freund / Robber crab on rock {Birgus latro} Christmas Island, Indian ocean

Dan Burton / Coconut / Robber crab on beach {Birgus latro} Henderson Island, Pitcairn Islands, Pacific

Nick Turner / Coconut / robber crab (Birgus latro) feeding on coconut, Vanuatu, Melanesia

Jurgen Freund / Coconut / Robber crab {Birgus latro} feeds on dead Red crab {Gecarcoidea natalis} at night. Christmas Is, Pacific

Claudio Velasquez / Coconut crab {Birgus latro} stealing Green turtle egg Aldabra, Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm tree, Aldabra, Seychelles.

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm trunk {Birgus latro} Picard Island, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm trunk, Picard Island, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm trunk, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab predating Hawksbill turtle nest, Aldabra, Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm leaf, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

Jurgen Freund / Coconut crab {Birgus latro} scavenging on Red crab road kill at night, Christmas Island

Jurgen Freund / Coconut crab on tree trunk, Christmas Island

Jurgen Freund / Coconut crabs on tree trunk {Birgus latro} Christmas Island

Georgette Douwma / Coconut crab, Sipadan, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab {Bigrus latro} on palm tree, Aldabra, Seychelles

Pete Oxford / Coconut crab on palm tree trunk, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.

Jurgen Freund / Coconut crab on beach, Christmas Island

Jurgen Freund / Coconut crabs on beach, Christmas Island

Patricio Robles Gil / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) the world's largest land invertebrate climbing a palm tree, Efate Island, Vanuatu

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) on recycled bottles, Vamizi Island, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), Vamizi Island, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) in defensive posture, Vamizi Island, Mozambique