Imagine living on Christmas Island and being exposed to the Red Crab migration every year.

Bretrick

Bretrick

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Each year Christmas Island's red crab migration sees 65 million of the critters trek from tropical rainforests to the sandy coast, according to Parks Australia.

The entire migration process takes about three months and begins with the journey to the coast, where the males dig a burrow to breed in.
The females stay under the sand for incubation, before releasing their eggs into the ocean when the tide is right.

Scientists predict more than 2.5 trillion red crab babies were released into the water last migration season.

A resident said witnessing the migration was "spectacular" and a major force behind the island's tourism, but the novelty did wear off after a few weeks.
"It does make life a lot harder around town to do the normal things like just drive down to the shop," he said.
"There's traffic management or the national park rangers out there with lollipop signs … forming convoys of cars to limit the flow of traffic over the crab areas.
65 Million Red Crabs March
 
Bretrick said:
Each year Christmas Island's red crab migration sees 65 million of the critters trek from tropical rainforests to the sandy coast, according to Parks Australia.

The entire migration process takes about three months and begins with the journey to the coast, where the males dig a burrow to breed in.
The females stay under the sand for incubation, before releasing their eggs into the ocean when the tide is right.

Scientists predict more than 2.5 trillion red crab babies were released into the water last migration season.

A resident said witnessing the migration was "spectacular" and a major force behind the island's tourism, but the novelty did wear off after a few weeks.
"It does make life a lot harder around town to do the normal things like just drive down to the shop," he said.
"There's traffic management or the national park rangers out there with lollipop signs … forming convoys of cars to limit the flow of traffic over the crab areas.
65 Million Red Crabs March
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Thanks for posting that. love it.
 
Years ago when I lived in south Florida I recall every year there would be an explosion of what were called "Land Crabs". Everywhere you looked, you would see one, two, three, or more, under bushes, next to houses, walking across the streets, in yards, everywhere! Very creepy.
 
jhummel73 said:
Years ago when I lived in south Florida I recall every year there would be an explosion of what were called "Land Crabs". Everywhere you looked, you would see one, two, three, or more, under bushes, next to houses, walking across the streets, in yards, everywhere! Very creepy.
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The Red Crabs are all through the rainforest. Though virtually unseen because of the dense forest.
Only when they migrate are they readily seen.
 
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