“Golf in [Far North Queensland]. Crab loves golf clubs,” Lessons_Learnt wrote in the caption of one of his messages.
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In the video, it is shown that the coconut crab, also known as thief crab in Australia, controlled to climb on a bag with wheels and a set of golf clubs with its legs and strong pliers. A guy named Alan tried to pull the crab out by pushing the shopping cart bag down a hill. When that didn’t work, he tried to conscientiously release his clubs from the crab’s grip in his hand.
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Two of the 3 sticks the crab was clinging to were released, but the last one remained firmly in the crab’s left claw. While someone was looking to gently remove the driver’s stick from the crab’s grip, the care of the stick was broken in half. .
“You know what, let him have it,” a passerby commented at the end of the video. “He won the victory. He beat us. “
Coconut crabs, which are aptly named for their ability to break coconuts with their hard claws, are said to have a pinching force that rivals the bite of an adult lion. Tropical crustaceans had a pinching force ranging from 29. 4 to 1765. 2 newtons (6. 6 to 396. 8 pound-force).
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From these findings, the researchers calculated that an 8.8-pound coconut crab could exert up to 3300 newtons (741.8 pound-force) – which surpasses the average 1314.7-newton (295.6 pound-force) bite that lions reportedly have.
Coconut crabs are native to the Indo-Pacific. In Australia, locals call these terrestrial crustaceans “robber crabs” due to their penchant for “stealing” things.
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The video of the golf club-loving coconut crab was captured at a golf course on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. Christmas Island National Park says that its native coconut crabs can weigh more than 8 pounds and measure up to 3.3 feet in length.
News.com.au reports that the viral video was captured by Christmas Island local Paul Buhner, who claims his son recently shared the clip with a friend before it ended up on Reddit.
Since its upload date on Saturday, Jan. 1, the video has been crossposted to other subreddits, including r/AnimalsBeingJerks and r/Golf.
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Reddit user Lessons_Learnt told Fox News Digital that they aren’t tied to Buhner or his son, and that they found the video on ABC Australia’s Facebook page, which shared the clip in 2020.