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Christmas Island National Park is a national park occupying most of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia. [1] The park is home to many species of animal and plant life, including the eponymous red crab, whose annual migration sees around 100 million crabs move to the sea to spawn.
Christmas Island National Park Website; 3 minute TV clip showing crabs migrating through a town Archived 12 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine; Webpage about Christmas Island, describes crisis of Yellow Crazy ants; Website showing the crabs of Christmas Island including the red crab migration
CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia – A migration of millions of red crabs has begun at Christmas Island National Park. ... A female red crab can produce up to 100,000 eggs, the website said.
Video from Christmas Island National Park in Australia shows the bright red crabs along a road, dotting the landscape in red. "It's shaping up to be a bumper year for the red crab migration!" the ...
It is a small island with a land area of 135 km 2 (52 sq mi), 63% of which has been declared a National park. [1] ... Christmas Island red crab.
After joining millions of her kind in one of nature’s most dramatic annual migrations, this Christmas Island red crab was recorded completing the life-cycle process with a shimmy as she released ...
Christmas Island was uninhabited until the late 19th century, allowing many species to evolve without human interference. Two-thirds of the island has been declared a National Park, which is managed by the Australian Department of Environment and Heritage through Parks Australia. Christmas Island contains unique species, both of flora and fauna ...
A cast of blue land crab babies became lunch for a hungry red crab at Dolly Beach on Christmas Island, with footage showing the larger crab feeding on the smaller species.This video was captured ...