Paradise red crab in the world.

Australia's Christmas Island is home to many species of plants and animals but is most famous red crabs. October 11 every year, because Christmas Island red crab migration brilliant.

Christmas is one of Australia's small island located in the Indian Ocean. The island city of Perth Australia about 2,600 km to the northwest. Every year the rainy season (May 10 and 11), more than 50 million adult red crabs begin migrating from the forest on the coast to spawn. Each crab must pass a distance of 8 km within 9 to 18 days. The reason we can overcome such a long way, because when the breeding season, crab secretes many crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) to help increase the amount of glucose in the blood, ensuring adequate supply of energy for long journey. As to the coast, females will mate with the male crab burrows were dug males and females after mating sea cows continue to spawn. In contrast to the other species on the island land crabs, red crabs are crustaceans single males accompany their children during natural move out to sea. During the peak period of migration, many road transport ban in a short time to "give way" to go crab. In addition, local governments still north of the bridge, fence plastic to help crab across the road safely. Luckily, red crabs is not harmful to 1,400 people living on the island. They eat the leaves fall and occasional cannibalism.

Vincent