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Expedition Amelia

They're just amazing

Formidable creature. Up to three feet across and weighing in at over nine pounds, Coconut crabs are the largest on earth, and many thousands of them team Over tiny nikumaroro. Hiebert: They're just amazing

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Formidable creature.
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Up to three feet across and weighing in at over nine pounds,
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Coconut crabs are the largest on earth, and many thousands of them team
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Over tiny nikumaroro.
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Hiebert: They're just amazing.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:17
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
National Geographic

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Movie Summary

Deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard attempts to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance in an effort to end speculation about what actually happened to her.
Their pinchers are so strong that they can climb trees and grab a bird and, - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Their pinchers are so strong that they can climb trees and g...
Narrator: They're also voracious scavengers, as demonstrated by tighar in 2007 - Expedition Amelia 00:12
Narrator: They're also voracious scavengers, as demonst...
And they set up time lapse cameras in the trees. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
And they set up time lapse cameras in the trees.
And the results are about the most disgusting thing you've ever seen. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
And the results are about the most disgusting thing you'...
Narrator: With help from their smaller strawberry hermit crab cousins, - Expedition Amelia 00:27
Narrator: With help from their smaller strawberry hermit ...
Narrator: As they unleash the dogs to sniff out remains, they've already found some - Expedition Amelia 00:30
Narrator: As they unleash the dogs to sniff out remains, ...
Narrator: There's a small, glass cosmetic jar. - Expedition Amelia 00:07
Narrator: There's a small, glass cosmetic jar.
And we're able to determine that that particular style of ointment pot contained - Expedition Amelia 00:10
And we're able to determine that that particular style ...
Narrator: An ointment women used to fade their freckles. - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Narrator: An ointment women used to fade their freckles.
Narrator: Amelia was famous for her freckles, and it's widely accepted that she - Expedition Amelia 00:09
Narrator: Amelia was famous for her freckles, and it'...
But we do know, we have a jar of freckle cream on the island. - Expedition Amelia 00:06
But we do know, we have a jar of freckle cream on the island...
Narrator: And then there are two pieces of plate glass from what appears to be a woman's - Expedition Amelia 00:18
Narrator: And then there are two pieces of plate glass from ...
Narrator: From her first flying lessons with another pioneering aviatrix, - Expedition Amelia 00:20
Narrator: From her first flying lessons with another pion...
And amelia says, you never know when the newspaper guys might turn up. - Expedition Amelia 00:05
And amelia says, you never know when the newspaper guys migh...
So you gotta look good, even if you've crashed your plane, you know? - Expedition Amelia 00:06
So you gotta look good, even if you've crashed your pla...
Narrator: Yet another added pressure for female aviators. - Expedition Amelia 00:15
Narrator: Yet another added pressure for female aviators.
Reporter (over radio): Just regular girls after all, but now they're ready to - Expedition Amelia 00:06
Reporter (over radio): Just regular girls after all, but ...
Tom: Add all that up and the evidence suggests in total is that there was an american - Expedition Amelia 00:12
Tom: Add all that up and the evidence suggests in total is t...
Narrator: Beyond the personal items at the campsite, in 1991, - Expedition Amelia 00:22
Narrator: Beyond the personal items at the campsite, in 1...
It's the right kind of aluminum, it's the right kind of rivet for - Expedition Amelia 00:07
It's the right kind of aluminum, it's the right ki...