Coconut crab in Hawaii, 1897. Posted on December 23, 2014 by nupepa 1 [Found under: “LOCAL BREVITIES”] Willie Nott is the proud possessor of one large coconut crab and four hermit crabs, and he is at a loss to know what to do with them. (Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 7/27/1897, p. 7) The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Number 4670, Page 7. July 27, 1897.