Aegla

[Nickintex]

I want some of these guys badly:

http://www.fishforums.net/content/Freshwater-Invertebrates-Amphibians-Aquatic-Reptiles/200217/Aegla-Species/

http://www.planetinverts.com/aegla.html

http://www.guiamarina.com/gallery/v/chile/01+animals/06+Crustacea/Aegla+aptao+_freshwater_/

They are South American relatives of hermit and robber crabs with a slight crawfish look to them. If anyone comes across any, please let me know. Thanks. 8)

[Tabeguache]

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oooooo...those are cool.  

One day...in the future...I want to have some crabs or crawfish (in a tank...I get them on a plate often).

[jeb102385]

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That is the craziest thing I have ever seen

[eklikewhoa]

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I see Eric has stirred some commotion!

[edmlfc]

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Very cool. I have never seen those before.

[MateFrio]

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How big do they get?  

[eklikewhoa]

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Eating size!

[alexarae]

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I'd like to dip those claws in butter.  

[Nickintex]

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How big do they get?  

Thats it's giant relative, the robber (or coconut) crab. Aegla get to about 3 inches.

[Spot86t]

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I bought some of those a good while back from a guy in Germany.  It was arranged by another seller in Germany.  Unfortunately I didn't get notified that the seller had finally shipped them on their way, (there was a delay in sending due supposedly to some customs crap or something) and they sat at the post office for a few days while I was out of town.  Needless to say, by the time I found out and opened the package, there was nothing in the bags that remotely resembled a live critter anymore.  :(  

This horrid event was due to poor communications between third party dealings, each guy thought the other was going to notify me, and I only had contact info for the guy who arranged it all.  

I'd love to get my hands on some, but they are supposed to be cold-water critters, and that part would be my challenge since I don't have a chiller (nor the money for one right now).  When I ordered them before, I had my 'poor man's chiller going regularly - which consisted of a stash of frozen 2-ltr bottles that I swapped into the filter box conglomeration twice a day.

[fishlady]

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How big do they get?  

now that's very very scary..... 8O
if you get those Nick i would never ever visit your house dude....i wouldn't want them to get me from under the furniture or something.....that's just so wrong on so many levels.....

8O

[wesleydnunder]

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How big do they get?  

We had those cocnut crabs on Guam and Diego Garcia when I was stationed at those places. Very powerful claws on them.

Mark