The Crabs of Christmas Island

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on October 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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4 comments to "The Crabs of Christmas Island"

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

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

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

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

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

    Ants are loving them there.

  4. Alex
    October 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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