# Coconut crab: land crab, four kg, one meter

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The coconut crab, Birgus latro, weighs up to four kilograms and reaches one meter in leg span. It lives in tropical islands of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans and cannot swim, dying quickly if submerged. It breathes through a moist lung and uses one pair of legs to clean its respiratory organ.

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Created: 2026-10-25T11:29:59.857067+00:00

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