The crabs of Christmas Island

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

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

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

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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.

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

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One Response to “ The crabs of Christmas Island ”

  1. Joya Says:

    Wow! I think these guys would freak me out if they really are everywhere…

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