The fifth and sixth floors are still under renovation, and there are currently no open stores or stalls.
After Xiang Yang walked around the entire Binhai Department Store, he found that the entire Binhai Department Store was just an empty shell. If it wanted to truly become profitable, it still had a long way to go.
"Brother Yang, do you want to go to KFC?" Xiang Hui asked Xiang Yang.
"I don't want to eat anymore. I want to go for a walk on the beach." Xiang Yang had a slightly worried look on his face. Developing the tourism industry was much more difficult than Xiang Yang had imagined.
In the past, Xiang Yang thought that as long as there was enough money, building a tourist area would be a matter of minutes.
But now Xiang Yang finds that it is very difficult to truly develop the tourism industry.
Soon, the three of them left the Binhai Department Store and continued walking along the beach in the opposite direction of Yanlong Village.
This stretch of road is rarely visited, and the beach is littered with all kinds of shells, intact or damaged.
"Brother Yang, are you going to see the cruise ship? It's not close to here. Do you want me to go back and ride a bike over here?" Xiang Hui said.
Xiang Yang shook his head. He was not going to the yacht, he just wanted to take a walk here.
Xiang Yang remembered that in the past, manatees would occasionally swim here.
For ordinary fishermen, manatees are still a little scary. Whether it is their huge bodies or their loud voices, they can make people feel afraid. So over time, no one comes here at all.
"Hey, Brother Yang, look at that, does it look like a spider?" Fatty Zuo suddenly pointed in a direction and asked.
The reason why Fatty Zuo said it looked like a spider was because the creature was so big. Although it looked very much like a spider, it was a huge black mass, which was scary to look at.
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows and said with certainty: "This is a hermit crab."
"What is that? A hermit crab? That's impossible. There are no such big hermit crabs there." Xiang Hui was the first to raise the question.
Xiang Hui had seen hermit crabs more than once or twice. He knew very well that hermit crabs were strange crabs that were no bigger than a palm and would fall out of their shells if you hit them with a wooden stick.
Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "This is indeed a hermit crab. At the same time, it is also the largest species of hermit crab. It can grow to one meter long. It is not only the largest terrestrial crab, but also the largest terrestrial arthropod. It is huge and can weigh up to nearly 20 kilograms. This one is only slightly larger than a football, so it is very small among this type of hermit crab."
This hermit crab has a hard shell and two strong and powerful claws. It is an expert at climbing trees, especially straight coconut trees. Because it can use its strong claws to peel open the hard coconut shell to eat the coconut flesh inside, some people call it coconut crab.
Xiang Yang told Xiang Hui: "The body and limb carapace of this hermit crab are very thick, the cephalothorax and the surface of the walking legs have wavy wrinkles, the gill area of the cephalothorax is particularly enlarged, the forehead is triangular, the eye scales are small, the left claw is generally larger than the right claw, and the rest of the body parts are bilaterally symmetrical because it does not need to live in a snail shell that restricts its body growth. This hermit crab is very large in appearance when it grows up, and is the largest arthropod on land."
The eyes of this hermit crab are red, and its body color is related to the external environment in which it lives. It can range from purple-blue to orange-red, and even black has been found by humans.
Studies have shown that male coconut crabs are much larger than female coconut crabs.
The larvae of this hermit crab, called the coconut crab, are very similar to other terrestrial hermit crabs in the early stages of reproduction. When they grow from large-eyed larvae to young crabs, they also carry snail shells to protect their abdomens, and they only leave the shells after the abdomen develops and the shell hardens.
They are a type of hermit crab that grows widely in tropical oceans, but they are very different from ordinary hermit crabs.
Most hermit crabs live in the spiral shells of gastropods, so their bodies are soft and asymmetrical. However, coconut crabs have gotten rid of the spiral shells that restrict their bodies. When they grow up, they will look for or dig caves in sand or tree roots, so they grow large and strong. Except for the fact that one claw is larger than the other for hunting, the structure of their body is symmetrical.
"Strange." Xiang Yang stared at the coconut crab and frowned.
"What's so strange?" Fatty Zuo asked in confusion.
Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "Coconut crabs usually like to live in tropical forests near the sea. They are very good at climbing trees and can climb to the tops of coconut trees, palm trees, castanopsis trees and other trees. The highest point can reach 18 meters above the ground. This place is not tropical and there are no coconut trees. How could there be a coconut crab on the beach?"
The coconut crab is an animal that originated from the ocean. Like other animals that originally lived in the sea and later migrated to land, it must face the problem of breathing and water loss.
Therefore, the inner wall of the gill cavity of the coconut crab has many blood vessels to help it breathe. It also has a armored shell that allows it to live in environments with high humidity and has shelter and holes that can block the sun.
The most important thing is that coconut crabs hate sunlight very much. During the day, they usually dig holes in soft soil and hide in the caves to avoid the sun. They only come out to look for food at night.
"Why? Can't this kind of crab survive without coconut trees or in the tropics?" Xiang Hui asked.
Xiang Yang shook his head. "That's not the case. As long as there is enough food, it can live on land for a long time and only return to the ocean to lay eggs during the breeding season."
"That's it. Since it can survive here, there's nothing strange about it appearing here." Fang Youqun said carelessly.
When Xiang Yang heard this, he burst into laughter.
But if you think about it carefully, isn’t that exactly the case
Coconut crabs don't only live on coconut trees, they just like living on coconut trees.
"Let's go catch it. Such a big coconut crab is enough for a meal for the three of us." Xiang Yang said as he rolled up his sleeves.
Fatty Zuo was a little hesitant. He pulled Xiang Yang and said, "Brother Yang, this crab looks so ugly, can we eat it?"
Just as Xiang Yang was about to explain, Xiang Hui on the side had already rolled up his sleeves and strode towards the coconut crab, "If you don't want to eat it, my brother and I will eat it."
When Xiang Yang saw Xiang Hui going, he was no longer in a hurry to go. Xiang Hui also grew up touching crabs at the seaside, so dealing with a coconut crab was a piece of cake for him.
"In the entire crab family, except for some poisonous crabs, all crabs are edible, especially the coconut crab, because it likes to eat coconuts, so its meat is very good and it is a very delicious seafood." Xiang Yang said to Fatty Zuo with a smile. (To be continued)