What do hermit crabs and coconut crabs eat to grow up? Where can I buy it in China?

Coconut crab is a common hermit crab on the seaside, which began to appear on the market in summer, but it is relatively rare because it is a kind of wild animal, so there are few on the market at present, even if it is sold, the price is also relatively expensive, what does the coconut crab eat to grow up? Where can I buy it in China?

Coconut crabs are hermit crabs that live on many coral islands in the tropical Pacific and Indian oceans. Living in the tropical woods near the seaside, he is good at climbing trees and can climb to the tops of coconut trees, palms, tannins and so on, so coconut is the best erbium material for coconut crabs and feeds on all kinds of fruits and nuts.

Where can I buy it in China?

Live coconut crabs can be bought in Dalian, Qingdao and Hainan Province.

Coconut crab is a hermit crab. He has a huge body. You can weigh up to six kilograms. Good at climbing trees. Due to the wanton capture of people. It has been extremely strange so far. The market price has also become more expensive. They peel off the hard coconut shell with strong double claws. It gets its name about eating the pulp of coconut.

Adult coconut crabs can weigh up to 6 kilograms. The carapace of the body and appendages is calcified and thick, with wavy wrinkles on the surface of the head, chest and foot. The Gill area of the cephalothorax is particularly enlarged. The frontal angle is triangular and the eye scale is small. The left claw is larger than the right one. Both the dorsal and lateral armour of the abdomen are calcified and some of them are bent under the cephalothorax.

Only one side retains the degenerated abdominal limb. The chelate feet caught and eaten are large and small, and the rest of the body is symmetrical on both sides, which is a hermit crab. Because they do not have to live in the spiral shells that bind the growth of the body, adult crabs have a large appearance, weighing more than 7kg and nearly half a meter long, making them the largest arthropods on land.

Economic value

Coconut crab meat is delicious, fatty and nutritious, especially its eight feet, which tastes like the tail of a lobster and has a unique coconut flavor. In the way of eating, steaming, stewing and cooking soup are delicious, while steamed eggs with crab paste are delicious. If Angelica sinensis, red jujube and round meat are used with stewed soup, it is regarded as a tonic. In the southern part of Taiwan, coconut crab is also regarded as a nourishing natural game, such as mixing the yellow cream into rice wine, so coconut crab is not only studied by biologists, but also favored by people as a valuable seafood delicacy, and has great development value.