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Giant crabs complicate Amelia Earhart expedition on remote island

The Purdue University team is looking for Earhart's Lockheed Electra on Nikumaroro and met huge coconut crabs while clearing trails; the crabs seem unbothered.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGiant meat-eating crabs with a crushing grip, on a remote island called Nikumaroro.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThis is the biggest story of the year, and I'm not taking questions.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPer Fox News, they're coconut crabs, and the team met them while clearing trails.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTeam coverage, Vera. Our fake live map shows the island in red, and the crabs are the red.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's not how maps work.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDramatic recap: scientists show up with machetes, and a crab looks at them like they're late for a meeting.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOkay, that one's good. But does the report say the crabs have stopped anyone from searching?

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt says complicate. I read that as the crabs having notes on the trails.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTo the island: we wish you well in all of this.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe crabs have held that island longer than any search party, so the real question is who's looking for whom.

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The story so far

  1. Research crew searching for Earhart plane reaches remote Pacific… · NBC News
  2. What Happened to Amelia Earhart: Untangling the Search for Her Plane · E! News
  3. Amelia Earhart search, debanking probe, gun license delays · Breitbart
  4. Inside the search for Amelia Earhart, who vanished in 1937 · CBS News
  5. Earhart searchers say answer could be days away · CBS News
  6. Scientists to dredge possible location of Amelia Earhart's plane · CBS News
  7. Giant crabs complicate Amelia Earhart expedition on remote island (this story)

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