Don’t be crabby about this mating crawl, be an angel and embrace it

It’s red crab mating season on Christmas Island, but some folk don’t see it as a time in which to be jolly

23 November 2021 - 19:25 By Stefica Nicol Bikes

Millions of red crabs crawled across Christmas Island on Tuesday, part of their annual migration journey to the ocean on the island off the coast of Western Australia...

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