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Crab pinch force.
In the present study we measured the pinching force of the chelae in 29 wild coconut crabs 33 2 120 g in body weight.
This number was even more impressive.
However the pinching force of this crab s chelae has not been previously investigated.
The pinching force of the largest coconut crab is almost equal to the bite.
The maximum force ranged from 29 4 to 1 765 2 n and showed a strong positive correlation with body mass.
They can also use the powerful pincers to defend themselves.
The researchers explained that if human hands had the same strength a person could exert six tons of crushing force.
Although the highest force measured was already an impressive 400 pounds the force of each crush was correlated with body size to determine the maximum force a coconut crab could use.
Oka and his crew found a coconut crab s pinching ability correlates with its body mass with the largest mustering a pinching force of 3 300 newtons.
For comparison a tiger bite has a force of.
The researchers measured the claw pinching force of 29 wild coconut crabs from okinawa island japan.
Given that the largest coconut crabs weigh around 9 lbs the researchers calculated that the biggest of the species could generate a pinch with a force of 3 300 newtons greater than that of any.
They can produce a pinch force of about 60 pounds.
But blue crabs don t just use their claws to find food.
The limb will later regrow through a process called regeneration.
The range of their relative pinching force was greater than the maximum force of any animals within their body size range.
And if threatened a crab may break off claw or leg to try to escape predators.
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Based on the crabs maximum.
Outrageous acts crab claws have strong muscles and their power is immense.
Oka estimates that based on body size the largest known coconut crab could crunch with roughly 742 pounds of force.
This amount of force.
Their sharp and strong grip can be quite painful as anyone who has ever been pinched by one can confirm.