January 8th, 2010
Crabs swarm the streets in droves on their yearly migration to the sea. Photos via Christmas Island Tourism Association / BBC
Just as this time of year is heavy traffic season for humans, there’s plenty of congestion in the crab world as well. Every year around January on Christmas Island, over 100 million audacious young crabs make their way from spawning-grounds inland in a mass migration towards the sea–clogging up the island’s roads on the way. As a result, rangers on island close lan… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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