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Amelia Earhart search crew reaches island inhabited by giant crabs

Researchers searching for Amelia Earhart have reached an island with giant crabs and will sleep aboard their ship to avoid them.

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Amelia Earhart search crew reaches island inhabited by giant crabs

A research crew searching for Amelia Earhart has arrived at an island inhabited by giant crabs, according to BBC News.

The researchers plan to sleep aboard their ship to avoid the crabs, which can lift heavy weights and break coconuts open.

The crabs may have played a part in Earhart’s demise, though their possible role remains uncertain.

Originally reported by BBC News. Read the full story at BBC News

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