They Are Coming! Swarming Cannibal Crabs Shut Down Australian Roads
13:30 GMT 18.11.2021 (Updated: 13:42 GMT 18.11.2021)
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Everyone knows Australia possesses a lot of murderous animals, but sometimes even the most horrible animals with really dreadful names have no intention to kill you.
Countless cannibal crabs have been spotted in Australia, shutting down roads as they migrate to the sea. The ocean dwellers, who get their scary name from eating their own kind, were travelling to the coast on Christmas Island off western Australia.
According to scientists, up to 50 million cannibal crabs migrate each year after rainfalls in October or November, and head to the ocean to mate.
Millions of cannibal crabs shut down roads in Australia as they migrate towards ocean https://t.co/AdliUjFiPy pic.twitter.com/lWetRSLFAN
— New York Post (@nypost) November 17, 2021
GULP!
— Bobby John (@rjtholl) November 17, 2021
"The crabs' cannibal side comes out when babies returning from their first ocean migration are feasted on by adults as part of their diet." pic.twitter.com/TbdpDGPSik
And, of course, such an unusual display prompted a lot of reactions online, with people joking about the crab infestation, or asking to eliminate those creatures asap.
— WJG (@WJGCapeCod) November 17, 2021
— Christopher Carson (@Wilkersonclan) November 17, 2021
— tamarisk 🌳✡ 🔋🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇳🇵🇭🇦🇪🇧🇭, soon 🇻🇳 (@tamariskinLA) November 17, 2021
— Kirby (@Kikikels1010) November 17, 2021
— Jen Aside (@o_cyde) November 17, 2021
