http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6721 Oh yes. They are delicious! Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Mercy General Tue, 16 Sep 2014 20:09:11 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6721 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6720 The question is, Do you now love eating coconut crabs? MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Mercy General Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:54:40 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6720 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6719 Trigger warning: spiders. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Tue, 16 Sep 2014 03:05:19 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6719 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6718 It was fun, but pretty insane. It kind of went down like the plot to a bad horror movie: So, coconut crabs are nocturnal (naturally). They typically make their nests in these mangrove-like trees (think lots of splayed roots with a hollow area in the middle). You have to go out when it's dark and try and spot them with a flashlight - they typically avoid light, so you try sneak up on them. We drank at the bar until about 9:30, then decided to head out in the electric cart (SILENT). Us Americans and three Marshallese. We headed to the thick jungle part of the island, with flashlights. We ended up catching seven (yes, they are technically an endangered species, but not on Roi). The first one we spotted with headlights on the cart. We found two more on the road before going into the jungle (we also stumbled into some ruins, found one there, along with Japanese graffiti). Note, I was ill-prepared and somewhat drunk... as in, wife beater and flip flops. Anyways, the creepiest thing about these guys is that if they spot you, they run away from you backwards, and they look like goddamn face huggers when they move. Luckily, Titus is adept at catching them, so he blasted through a few without problem. I tried my hand at catching them, and got my thumb all scratched up (turns out - small claws on their back legs, you have to hold them in a certain way). Since we had all been drinking, we of course got lost in the jungle. I'm at the whim of the dudes with the flashlights, so I'm trying not to lose my flip flops or the coconut crabs I'm carrying (they were duct-taped, but one had to have been damn near 10 pounds). We finally find our way out, and head for a couple of celebration drinks at the bar, which ended with arm wrestling, because, MEN. We cooked them up the next day. Like tuna combined with crab combined with subtle coconut sweetness. The jackpot is to eat is the soft abdomen. While it houses guts, it also houses what I think is the Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Mercy General Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:58:50 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6718 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6717 Haha, no no no. They love eating coconut crabs, and we really just facilitated. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Mercy General Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:57:18 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6717 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6716 that's not their equivalent of a snipe hunt, is it? kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Mercy General Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:55:46 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6716 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6715 That sounds like fun. And not hornets. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:02:58 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6715 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6714 I usually don't post so much about Kwaj, but man it's been interesting so far. We went coconut crab hunting tonight. OH WHAT A NIGHT. Will urpdate. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Mercy General Sun, 14 Sep 2014 07:37:59 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=6714&msg_id=6714