Christmas Island, Australia, is home to about 1,800 people and, annually, 50 million migrating red crabs. They swarm across the island, including on the roads. Local resident Chris Bray would like to avoid crushing them as he drives, so he built these wedges and mounted them in front of the wheels of his SUV. Traveller reports:
"I made a prototype two years ago and tested it last year. After making a few tweaks and improvements, the latest version was finished a week and a half ago," Mr Bray said. "If you can imagine little horseshoes on the front of the tyre, these work to lightly bump the crabs out of harm's way."
You can watch a video of the crab mobile in action at Traveller.
-via Jalopnik | Image: The Age
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I fear the efforts won't prevent the crabs from extinction caused by some neozoic crazy ants.
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