Residents Need Patience And ‘A Rake’ To Enjoy The 200 Million Migrating Crabs On Christmas Island

Residents Need Patience And ‘A Rake’ To Enjoy The 200 Million Migrating Crabs On Christmas Island

Residents Need Patience And ‘A Rake’ To Enjoy The 200 Million Migrating Crabs On Christmas Island A boy walks through the crabs – credit, Parks Australia, via AP Every November, the 1,200 denizens of Australia’s Christmas Island break out the rake and leaf blower and head out to their yards, driveways, and sidewalks. It’s not dead oak and beech leaves on their minds, however, but another red-tinted carpet—100 million crimson-colored crabs. Outnumbering their human neighbors 100,000 to 1, the Gecarcoidea natalis  or Christmas Island red crab produces of the our planet’s most spectacular migrations: a 100 million-man march of epic proportions. For the locals, it takes a bit of patience and a bit of perspective to get through the late October-November breeding period, when the crabs emerge from their forest burrows and travel to the island’s beaches. “Some people might think they’re a nuisance, but most of us think they’re a bit of a privilege to experience. They’re indiscriminate. So whatever …