microrobert
12-14-2014, 04:27 PM
A Tiny Island. Millions of Crabs. Terrifyingly Awesome Photos.
http://www.motherjones.com/files/rebbeach2.jpg
This month, an eerily precise annual migration began in earnest on a tiny Australian island about 500 miles off the coast of Indonesia.
Every year, millions of adult red crabs—first the males, then the females— scamper out from Christmas Island's central forests, across the island, and finally to beaches that meet the Indian Ocean. Their goal is to stage one giant crab sex party: to mate and spawn.
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/12/photos-australia-christmas-island-red-crab-migration-climate-change
http://www.motherjones.com/files/rebbeach2.jpg
This month, an eerily precise annual migration began in earnest on a tiny Australian island about 500 miles off the coast of Indonesia.
Every year, millions of adult red crabs—first the males, then the females— scamper out from Christmas Island's central forests, across the island, and finally to beaches that meet the Indian Ocean. Their goal is to stage one giant crab sex party: to mate and spawn.
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/12/photos-australia-christmas-island-red-crab-migration-climate-change