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The migration of red crabs
Naturalists believe annual disposable red crab migration from different parts of the island to the water to spawn one of the wonders of nature ... magenta, purple, red rocks, dotted with bright crustaceans shells ... It is believed that the island of over 120 million! That is, an average of crab per square meter island. Literally impossible to step foot in order not to crush the unwary red crab, especially during seasonal migration, when for 10 days, millions of crustaceans are moving to the coast. Christmas Island first seen in 1615, and in 1643 the English captain Minorz arrived here on Christmas Day - on this island got its name ... In 1888, Britain annexed the island at the insistence of the British naturalist Murray, who found here the signs of phosphates. Since Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean is considered to be a major phosphorite deposits. About crabs - not a word. Although it decapod crustaceans - one of the main attractions and the real masters of the island. Literally impossible to step foot in order not to crush the unwary red crab, especially during seasonal migration, when for 10 days, millions of crustaceans are moving to the coast. They crawl through roads, railways, towns, their crushed car, train, destroying the locals. Their lives are fifteen species. The largest - palm thieves. This giant among land crabs - their weight reaches three kilograms. But the most numerous - red crabs. Red crabs, moreover - unique orderlies - paluyu eat leaves, rotting fruits of fruit trees, flowers obsolete, do not stop the giant snails, and even bird corpses. Therefore, the island is very clean.
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