June 20, 2013

Crabby Action on Christmas Island

This is the crabbiest place on earth. Christmas Island.


City Dwelling Crab
In December, some 120 million crabs come out of hiding and they make their way toward the ocean for their annual migration. As they live everywhere, they traverse municipal roads, your back lawns, driveways, the jungle, down cliffs, and even cut through the residents’ houses.


A Red carpet of Crawlies
They then mate and each female will lay 100,000 eggs which will hatch a month later in the ocean and these baby crabs will then head back to town and find homes amongst the humans.

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