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Still another land relation is the East 
India Cocoa-Nut Crab, which lives upon 
the cocoanuts that fall from the trees. 
With its large, heavy claws it tears the 
husk from the cocoanut, and makes a 
hole in the nut, and takes out the meat. 
These crabs also make their homes in 
deep burrows, which they line with the 
husks and fibres from the cocoanuts. 
Though a land crab the Cocoa-Nut 
cousin is fond of the sea, and takes a hath 
in it every night. These crabs grow to a 
very large size. 
Crabs, and all crustaceans multiply 
enormously, and are of all sizes from 
very tiny ones to one respectable Japan 
crab which covers twenty-five feet of 
ground. In the tropics they grow very 
large, and are of many different varieties. 
Some crabs live in fresh water rivers 
and streams, some of the lower forms of 
