Video: National Geographic.
Coconut crabs cannot breathe underwater so they cannot swim to another island. In the island where coconut crabs live, Laidre doesn't see any birds nesting on the ground. Birds with fragile eggs also choose nesting places on islands without the presence of coconut crabs to avoid danger.
Coconut crab is a special crustacean. They are quite large in size, weigh about 4kg, 1m long in width. The reason why this crab is called coconut crab is because they specialize in climbing coconut picking trees to peel the pulp. They live in underground caves in some islands in the Indian Ocean.