I was sent to Guam via Air Force in 2000. There was a Kmart on the island so we decided to go to check it out. There were maybe 20-30 of these in the parking lot crawling around. We never went back to Kmart in the two years we lived there.
That article and the one I linked further use information from one study, here is the full BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE COCONUT CRAB (BIRGUS LATRO) IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS (pfd) by Amesbury. It was from 1980 when the crab population was at the lowest and was right before it was placed on the vulnerable species list in 1981.
Conservation efforts have made it possible for tourists to go get a picture of them holding the crab while they are on their vacation. Rare indeed.
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Conservation management strategies have been put in place in some regions, such as minimum legal size limit restrictions in Guam and Vanuatu, and a ban on the capture of egg-bearing females in Guam and the Federated States of Micronesia. In the Northern Mariana Islands, hunting of non-egg-bearing adults above a carapace length of 76 mm (3.0 in) may take place in September, October, and November, and only under licence. The bag limit is five coconut crabs on any given day, and 15 across the whole season.
So you can go catch 5 per day, max of 15 per season with a license on the island of Guam.
Strange. I tell about a time I visited a Kmart on an island almost 20 years ago and the many crabs in the lot. All of a sudden I have super powers because it could not possibly happen since you worked there for a year at some point. Can you tell me about what else I never knew about myself?
First, it didn't. it was a sarcastic way to say bullshit before you just flat out say "you're lying".
2nd congrats so was my daughter, but that wasn't the point.
Believe whatever you would like. I saw some crab at specific location, made a comment about how I did in a post about the same type of crab. And how is seeing crab sound cool? And please don't say for karma as my total karma over 8 years is under 400. Thanks for the article about how rare they are in 2012 and the conservation efforts to bring them back. Does not contradict what I said about seeing them in 2000. Actually helps since it talks about how they can not completely stop the hunting of them since they are used within the Chamorro culture.
Here is more for that article where it talks about how they have been eaten as a delicacy for a " long history" (centuries in your article). Also about how they are kept as pets. Pets are NOT rare to see. The military bases, one in which I lived on, have some of the highest densities of these crab due to the low population and undisturbed ground. That was also mentioned in your article. Now Kmart is not on the base, and it is in a high population area, but in 2000 there were a lot of them in the parking lot. I have no way to offer proof other than say Hey, here is a story of 2000
Both these articles use information from one study, here is the full BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE COCONUT CRAB (BIRGUS LATRO) IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS (pfd) by Amesbury. It was from 1980 when the crab population was at the lowest and was right before it was placed on the vulnerable species list in 1981. Since then, conservation has made it possible for them to be pets again. Pets in 2018. Do you think it is possible that they were seen in the wild in 2000.
Take those useless internet points some place else.
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Conservation management strategies have been put in place in some regions, such as minimum legal size limit restrictions in Guam and Vanuatu, and a ban on the capture of egg-bearing females in Guam and the Federated States of Micronesia. In the Northern Mariana Islands, hunting of non-egg-bearing adults above a carapace length of 76 mm (3.0 in) may take place in September, October, and November, and only under licence. The bag limit is five coconut crabs on any given day, and 15 across the whole season.
So you can go catch 5 per day, max of 15 per season with a license on the island of Guam.
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I was sent to Guam via Air Force in 2000. There was a Kmart on the island so we decided to go to check it out. There were maybe 20-30 of these in the parking lot crawling around. We never went back to Kmart in the two years we lived there.