Researchers believe they have found the final resting place of Amelia Earhart, the world-famous aviator. Bones were found in the tiny coral atoll, Nikumaroro was some 300 miles southeast of Earhart's target destination.
A woman's shoe, an empty bottle and a sextant box whose serial numbers are consistent with a type known to have been carried by Fred Noonan, her navigator, were all found near the site where the bones were discovered.
But only partial bones were found. Many of the bones were carried off by giant coconut crabs and there is a remote chance some of the bones might still survive deep in the crab burrows.
The coconut crab is the largest land-living arthropod in the world. Many island nations considered the coconut crab a delicacy and an aphrodisiac.
Sources:
http://news.discovery.com/history/amelia-earhart-resting-place.html
http://moarrawr.com/coconut-crabs-natures-worst-thing/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_crabs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart
2 comments:
WOW....that's the worse case of crabs I've ever heard of!
That's NOT what she said Gary.
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