Did crab turn hunter from scavenger?

Renowned crab expert Prof Peter Ng, Head of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) at NUS and Programme Director of Singapore’s Marine Science Research and Development Programme, commented on the behaviour of coconut crabs after a video of a coconut crab killing a seabird had gone viral. Prof Ng doubted that this is something the crabs do on a regular basis, going by his observations through his research on crabs since the 1990s, including trips to Christmas Island to study coconut crabs.

• The Straits Times, 17 November 2017, Science, pB13