Luring in the Coconut Crab | Primal Survivor

in the South Pacific
locals have a basic but effective method
to catch their prey the baited stick
first we have to quiet coconuts if I was
yeah yeah yeah yes make a sharp stick
yeah
the coconut aroma will Roth across the
island and with any luck we’ll lure in
the monster we’re after these crabs come
out at night to feed and they feed on
coconuts their claws are so incredibly
powerful that if you were to get your
finger inside there
they’d lop them right off if you don’t
know what you’re doing they’re very
dangerous here’s one right here
John John yeah yeah yeah here’s one
right here yeah oh my god is huge
it’s a coconut crab I reckon it’s at
least four pounds of meat be careful yes
this thing is so powerful I’m just
trying to hold on if I let go and it
gets ahold of me my hand is gone look at
that look at those huge huge claws this
is the largest arthropod in the world
and it doesn’t even look like it’s from
this world look at that amazing blue
colour to show you how powerful these
things are watch this imagine if that
was my finger a meal like this would
last several days as protein is slow to
break down but believe it or not this is
still a juvenile and locals only fully
grown adults to keep the islands crab
population healthy we are actually gonna
let him go but it just kind of too bad
because that is a serious meal right
there
a lot of protein