July 14, 2004
Yoiks!

God bless the Wikipedia, without which I would never have heard of the Coconut Crab the largest terrestrial arthropod on earth.

Ellen: "Says they're hermit crabs. Do you think they'd make good pets?"

Scott: "NO!"

Ellen: "Geeze... just asking..."

Last thing I need is a 10 pound bug crawling around my house. *shudder*

Update: Speaking of big bugs, how about A 6"+, 1/4 pound cockroach?

Yeah, ok, technically not a cockroach, but sure as hell looks like one. And I thought the ones infesting our first apartment were big! At least Ellen doesn't want one of these as a pet!

Posted by scott at July 14, 2004 08:49 PM
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well, it'd be a great pet until it accidentally mistook your head for a coconut...

Posted by: ron on July 14, 2004 10:12 PM

The Wikipedia entry does not list the Chagos archipelago, specifically the island of Diego Garcia where you can also find these creatures. There are two pictures near the bottom of this page: http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/nature3.html

Posted by: felix on July 15, 2004 10:55 AM
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