The Phenomenon Of 'Crabs Crossing' Way For Migrate To Sea In Christmas Island

The Phenomenon Of 'Crabs Crossing' Way For Migrate To Sea In Christmas Island.
Hey Dude,Christmas Island is an Australian overseas territory consisting of one island. The island is located near the island of Java,precisely in South West Java.The climate is tropical climate.

Christmas Island is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean is located 2,600 kilometers (1,600 miles) northwest of the city of Perth, Western Australia, 500 km (310 miles) from south of Jakarta, Indonesia and 975 km (606 miles) from The Island of Cocos (Keeling).

The Island has a population of 1,402 residents who live in a number of "settlement areas" on the northern tip of the island: Flying Fish Cove (also known as Kampong),Kota Perak(Silver City),Poon Saan,and Drumsite.

The island is geographically isolated and far from the reach of humans until the 19th century. Not surprisingly, a variety of flora and fauna endemic to the island relatively undisturbed. This condition is essential for scientists and naturalists.

The island was first inhabited by the Malays (Indonesia), they generally are the Bugis people who make a living up to the northern part of Australia, including Christmas Island. In addition to the Malays, the Chinese people are also numerous in this island. Formerly they were imported from Malaysia and Singapore as miners phosphate (guano)[SOURCE]

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The phenomenon of crabs migrate to the sea

Christmas Island is there a natural phenomenon miraculous and  fantastic.where than humans and other animal inhabitants of this Island.Christmas Island is inhabited by over 120 million crabs.

That will meet the road each year between the months of October and November to immigrate because the time period is the mating season for crabs on Christmas Island and emigrated from the island to the sea to spawn.

The phenomenon of the presence of a lot of crabs during the migration, the authorities had ordered the road on the island is closed to the crabs were not violated when the vehicles 'crossing'.

Red crabs live in the humid rainforest habitat area and will migrate to mate and lay eggs in the waters of the island.

Normally, red crab takes 4 weeks to spawn, before returning back to their original habitat.