Up to 100 million red crabs are migrating from forest burrows to the ocean on Christmas Island, Australia. Triggered by summer rains, park staff assist the crabs with leaf blowers and garden rakes during this remarkable annual event
Up to 100 million red crabs are expected to make their way to the shoreline. File pic/Getty Images
Tens of millions of red crabs are making their way to the ocean as part of their annual migration on Christmas Island, where a much smaller human population uses leaf blowers and garden rakes to help them on their way.
Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic crabs, also known as Gecarcoidea natalis, on the tiny Australian island territory in the Indian Ocean. Up to 100 million were expected to make their way from their forest burrows to the shoreline where they breed.
The start of the Southern Hemisphere summer rains last weekend triggered the annual odyssey.
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No. of crabs living on the island, in millions
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