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Seasonal migration across the island/ About 200 million crabs block the road to Australia

2025-10-23 17:53:00, Kuriozitete CNA

Seasonal migration across the island/ About 200 million crabs block the road to

Hundreds of millions of red crabs have blocked roads as they move as part of their annual migration to Christmas Island in Australia.

Acting manager of Christmas Island National Park, Alexia Jankowski, said there were up to 200 million endemic crabs, also known as 'Gecarcoidea natalis', on the small Australian island territory in the Indian Ocean.

Seasonal migration across the island/ About 200 million crabs block the road to

Up to 100 million were expected to move from their forest lairs to the coastline where they breed.

The start of summer rains in the Southern Hemisphere last weekend triggered the start of the annual migration of red crabs. /CNA





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