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Christmas Island Red Crab
peterday

Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis)

There are 50 million (or possibly 100 million from one source) red crabs on Christmas Island, and once a year around November they all migrate to the coast to lay their eggs. We didn't see that of course but they were everywhere and you had to drive very carefully to avoid them.
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Habitat
Everywhere on island
Location
Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
Date taken
08 February 2023
Scientific name
Gecarcoidea natalis
Equipment used
Oppo phone
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Stanley Jones
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Great name for this Crab. Camaflouge is not its strong suit (lol). Beautiful crab species Peter!
 
KC Foggin
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How beautiful they are.. There's no way in H**L I could eat something that beautiful.
 
bievreJJ
great photo of this beautifully coloured and patterned crab, Peter. Looked on wikipedia, this annual migration seems quite impressive indeed; top class, many tfs!!
 

Media information

Category
Sea Life
Added by
peterday
Date added
View count
230
Comment count
9

Image metadata

Device
OPPO OPPO Reno Z
Aperture
Æ’/1.7
Focal length
4.7 mm
Exposure time
1/50 second(s)
ISO
327
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
2159 christmas 2.jpg
File size
494.6 KB
Date taken
Wed, 08 February 2023 6:09 PM
Dimensions
1024px x 819px

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