Is the coconut crab a spider? One article explains the origins and prices of terrestrial arthropods
The coconut crab, also known as the bagua crab, is a terrestrial arthropod wild animal in our country, famous for its delicious meat, rarely seen on the general market, so its price is very high, so is the coconut crab a spider? Where is its origin? How much does one cost?
No, the coconut crab is a kind of hermit crab, able to grow to 1 m long, and is not only the largest terrestrial crab, but also the largest terrestrial arthropod. It is famous worldwide for its tender meat, yet because of frenzied hunting by humans and the destruction of its natural habitat, the coconut crab is increasingly hard to find in its habitat and has become an endangered animal facing extinction. This situation has drawn people's attention, and the governments of many countries have formulated relevant measures to strictly protect it!
Where does it come from?
The coconut crab is distributed in American Samoa, Australia, Christmas Island, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan, China, Hainan Island, China, the United Republic of Tanzania, Thailand, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
Coconut crab price:
The coconut crab is not a common food. Coconut crabs are found throughout the coral islands of the Pacific region. In the past there were still quite a lot of coconut crabs, but because of people's reckless catching, they are now extremely rare. In our country, coconut crabs appear only in the Taiwan region, so eating coconut crab is not a simple matter.
To eat coconut crab you must first book in advance at a hotel, and generally only high-end hotels sell coconut crabs. There is currently no clear fixed price for coconut crabs. Generally speaking, they are counted by the piece, not sold by weight, at roughly 30 US dollars each, which converts to about 200 yuan each, a relatively high price that ordinary people generally cannot afford.
At present, coconut crabs are all wild, and no method for artificially farming coconut crabs has yet been developed. In order to keep it from going extinct, it is best to eat fewer of them.