In the MalaMala reserve in South Africa, a very interesting scene took place when a little crab lifted its two claws to “scare” the young, it was very interesting when a little crab lifted two of its claws to ” scare “the number of thqi and be successful.
In the video that went viral online, a small freshwater crab can be seen crawling on the shore during the day, while this place has Mr.’s area. A lion cub noticed this crab, he even crawled for it. observe.
The restless crab attracted 5 more lions to approach. They were obviously very curious about this crab, sometimes they bowed their heads to observe, sometimes stood up, even a lion came forward to smell the crab.
During this process, the crab seemed fearless. He raised two claws to scare the lions, and continued to “crawl” in the direction he wanted to go, finally he entered the cave by the river.
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The clip was filmed by patrol members Ruggiero Barreto and Robyn Sewell, who said they left the campsite at sunrise in hopes of finding the lions, which made them very excited. Fortunately, they found them by the river and even captured this. rare clip of “the crab fighting lions”.
They said the lions marveled at the crab, perhaps never having seen such an animal before, and approached to observe and “study”.
They also said that not many people believed the little crab would have a chance to escape the lions, but eventually made it to where it wanted to go.
There is only one species of crab in the world that has the gripping force of two claws comparable to the biting force of a lion’s teeth, and that is the coconut crab. This crab can measure up to 18 inches and has two very powerful claws.
Japanese marine biologist Shinichiro Oka told Reuters that the grip strength of the larger coconut crab is roughly equal to the bite force of a very strong adult lion.
Mr Shinichiro said coconut crabs can use their claws to create force 90 times greater than their own weight to crush objects or crack open coconut shells.
