Cheerful Charlie
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/10/giant-coconut-crab-seen-hunting-birds
Researcher in remote Chagos Islands says he saw crabs, previously thought to be scavengers, hunting and killing seabird.
According to Laidre, the crab climbed a tree and attacked the seabird in its nest situated on a branch close to the ground. The crab broke the bird’s wing, causing it to fall out of its nest and then took to the bird with its claws, breaking its other wing and leaving it incapacitated.
Researcher in remote Chagos Islands says he saw crabs, previously thought to be scavengers, hunting and killing seabird.
According to Laidre, the crab climbed a tree and attacked the seabird in its nest situated on a branch close to the ground. The crab broke the bird’s wing, causing it to fall out of its nest and then took to the bird with its claws, breaking its other wing and leaving it incapacitated.