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The annual migration of red crabs in Australia begins in October/November each year. Millions of red crabs Gecarcoidea natalis migrate from the Australian islands to the Indian Ocean during this one to two-week-long period. The purpose of migration is to go underwater and lay eggs and breeding has to be made possible.
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 Christmas Island red crab , whose annual migration sees around 100 million crabs move to the sea to spawn.
In total (including killed), the ants are believed to have displaced 15–20 million red crabs on Christmas Island. [13] During their larval stage, millions of red crab larvae are eaten by fish and large filter-feeders such as manta rays and whale sharks which visit Christmas Island during the red crab breeding season.
Unusually dry weather has delayed the annual migration of millions of Christmas Island red crabs from the island's interior to the sea where they mate. There are over 100 million red crabs on ...
It’s Christmas every day on Christmas Island, the 52-square-mile jungle paradise that sits in the Indian Ocean about a 3.5-hour plane flight northwest of Perth, Australia.
The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name. It is located approximately 350 kilometres (190 nautical miles) south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi) north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland.
Drumsite is a settlement administrated as part of the village of Flying Fish Cove on Christmas Island, Australia. It is located on the northeastern coast of the island. The ethnic composition of the population of Drumsite is Chinese and European. The area is in the path of the migration routes of Christmas Island red crabs. [1]
22 March – A bacteria responsible for killing large numbers of the critically endangered Christmas Island chained gecko (Lepidodactylus listeri) is identified. [1] [2] 1 December– The annual Red crab migration closes roadways across Christmas Island. [3] [4]