Thursday, September 6, 2007

Endangerd Animals in the CNMI -


-Coconut Crab -
-Habitats-
Coconut crabs live alone in underground burrows and rock crevices, depending on the local terrain. Usually the coconut crabs burrow there own "caves"made by sand. Coconut grabs hide in their burrows in the day to protect themselves by other predators and also from the heat.
-Reason they are endangered-
Basically they are endangered because people are over hunting the crabs to gain profits from it.