The crabs of Christmas Island

The red crabs are cute considering they’re large red relatives of spiders.

What gets a little disconcerting is that they’re everywhere.



Their bigger cousins, the robber crabs are big and scary looking. They really reminded me of a creature from Alien.

What I didn’t realize is that crabs are foragers that eat whatever happens to be on the ground. Judging by the speed with which this guy snatched and ran, banana peels are a tasty treat.

We also stumbled across these little guys who are barely two inches from tip to tip, and have wee yellow eyes.





August 22nd, 20107:38 pm at
Wow! I think these guys would freak me out if they really are everywhere…