The Perilous Hunt for Coconut Crabs on a Remote Polynesian Island

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The Perilous Hunt for Coconut Crabs on a Remote Polynesian Island

On Makatea, an uplifted coral atoll marred by decades of mining, searching for crabs often requires gambling with the treacherous terrain.

A re-visit (virtually) to the Panaewa Rainforest Zoo and Garden, near Hilo, Big Island (Hawai'i)

I am eager to return... and to many places I'm remembering via my photos and web pages, including this, from a Google+ collection. (Sigh)

More from Panaewa - and Hilo, and Hawai'i, and other Hawaiian islands: http://www.fenichel.com/panaewa.shtml

More Flowers: http://www.fenichel.com/flowers

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