Did Coconut Crabs Play A Role In Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance?
- 6 years ago
Thanks in large part to a recent viral video about the strength and savagery of coconut crabs, a less popular vision of Amelia Earhart’s ultimate fate has resurfaced.
The disappearance of early 20th century aviator Amelia Earhart has puzzled people for decades, with some suggesting she was lost to the sea and others positing that she became a castaway on a remote Pacific island.
Thanks in large part to a recent viral video showing the strength and savagery of coconut crabs, a less popular vision of her ultimate fate has resurfaced.
In that scenario, Earhart's plane crashed onto the Nikumaroro atoll, claiming her life.
Coconut crabs then descended up her corpse, eating her remains and leaving her bones scattered about the island, notes Newsweek.
That theory was supported, in part, by a report that bones consistent with the description of Earhart were found on Nikumaroro in 1940, but later lost, according to Fox News.
Also landing that explanation in the realm of possibility is the very nature of the animals.
The crabs can measure up to 3-feet across, have claws with astounding crushing power, and are able to sniff out their prey.
They have also been proven capable of gaining an advantage over animals that outsize them.
An experiment conducted in 2007 reportedly verified the coconut crab's ability to pull the bones from a pig and spread them across a large area.
Many Earhart scholars have dismissed that theory, but, apparently, there are still a number of people not quite ready to completely let it go.
The disappearance of early 20th century aviator Amelia Earhart has puzzled people for decades, with some suggesting she was lost to the sea and others positing that she became a castaway on a remote Pacific island.
Thanks in large part to a recent viral video showing the strength and savagery of coconut crabs, a less popular vision of her ultimate fate has resurfaced.
In that scenario, Earhart's plane crashed onto the Nikumaroro atoll, claiming her life.
Coconut crabs then descended up her corpse, eating her remains and leaving her bones scattered about the island, notes Newsweek.
That theory was supported, in part, by a report that bones consistent with the description of Earhart were found on Nikumaroro in 1940, but later lost, according to Fox News.
Also landing that explanation in the realm of possibility is the very nature of the animals.
The crabs can measure up to 3-feet across, have claws with astounding crushing power, and are able to sniff out their prey.
They have also been proven capable of gaining an advantage over animals that outsize them.
An experiment conducted in 2007 reportedly verified the coconut crab's ability to pull the bones from a pig and spread them across a large area.
Many Earhart scholars have dismissed that theory, but, apparently, there are still a number of people not quite ready to completely let it go.