The Great Red Crab Migration 🦀🌊 Every year, 50 million red crabs leave their forest homes on a mission to the coast to mate and release their eggs into the sea. To make this massive trek possible, nature provides the perfect roadmap: * The Rain: The wet season acts as the starting gun, providing the moisture these land crabs need to survive the long walk. * The Moon: The migration is perfectly synced to the lunar cycle, ensuring the crabs reach the shore at the exact turn of the high tide to s

Red crab migration season, which sees millions of crabs make their way to the ocean to breed, kicked off on Australia’s Christmas Island, footage taken on October 22 showed. According to Parks Australia, red crabs emerge en masse from all over the island and make their way to the ocean to breed every year. This drone footage, filmed by Indian Ocean Experiences, shows the crabs crawling down a road on their journey to the shore. | ABC 7 Chicago

Woah! Red crab migration season kicked off on Australia’s Christmas Island! Every year, red crabs emerge en masse from all over the island and make their way to the ocean to breed every year. Video shows the crawling down a road as the head to the ocean. | ABC7