Cardiosoma carnifex

Cardiosoma carnifex (scientific name: Cardisoma carnifex) is an animal of the genus Cardiidae. Distributed in the Samoa Islands, Tahiti, from the Indo-Pacific region to East Africa, Taiwan Island, and Hainan Island in mainland China. It lives in seawater and is mostly found in caves in swamp areas. The main food of land crabs in the family Terrestrial Crab is fallen leaves, which have extremely low nutritional content, so their growth rate is very slow. Therefore, the round-shaped crab and other large land crabs in the family Crabidae are animals that grow very slowly and have extremely long lifespans. A land crab of the family Terrestrialis with a head and breastplate 8 centimeters wide is estimated to be about 20 years old. In recent years, research using chips implanted in animals has revealed that the maximum age of land crabs of the family Terrestrialis is 50 years old. The life of the vicious round crab is long and arduous. Facing such a special animal, how can we not be in awe !