The Crabs of Christmas Island

By Miss Cellania in Animals & Pets on Oct 26, 2007 at 10:46 am

150_roadsigncrabsChristmas Island red crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) only exist on that one tropical island in the Indian Ocean. They must spawn on the shore because their larva grow in water. So every October or November, they swarm towards the sea, over 100 million of them! The crabs have been endangered several times by man-made disturbances in the balance of species on the island. Read the story at Damn Interesting. Link


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  1. gyvrix
    Oct 26th, 2007 at 10:59 am

    I’m sure the nukes we set off there in the 1960′s helped.

  2. skh.pcola
    Oct 26th, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    Any species with 100 million members is hardly “endangered.”

  3. Ant
    Oct 26th, 2007 at 8:10 pm

    Ants are loving them there.

  4. Alex
    Oct 28th, 2007 at 2:43 am

    When there’s a 100 million of this swarming the road, I say it’s time to nuke the place.


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