Coconut crab next two pairs, as with other hermit crabs, are large, powerful walking legs with pointed tips, which allow coconut crabs to climb vertical or overhanging surfaces. The fourth pair of legs is smaller with tweezer-like chelae at the end, allowing young coconut crabs to grip the inside of a shell or coconut husk to carry for protection; adults use this pair for walking and climbing. The last pair of legs is very small and is used by females to tend their eggs, and by the males in mating. This last pair of legs is usually held inside the carapace, in
Coconut shy "He's past minding if we put him in a shy and threw coconuts." The 1981 Squeeze song "Vanity Fair" contains the lyrics "Coconut shy but vanity fair". In the episode "Coconut Shy" of "Mr. Bean: The Animated Series," Mr. Bean plays a coconut shy at a funfair, but, after failing to win, he sneaks inside and finds it is a cheat. In German-speaking countries the game of "Dosenwerfen" is popular for school parties as well as in professional stalls at fairgrounds. It involves throwing balls at stacks of empty tin cans. In France, a similar game known as "Chamboule-Tout" is