According to the Australian State Parks Agency, this time each year when millions of large crabs emerge from the forest and head to the water to breed, coinciding with the rainy season.
This picturesque scene occurs in October or November annually, and sometimes it may be as late as December or January.
The researchers determine the exact timing of the migration of the red crab according to the movement of the moon and the degree of its fullness and illumination.
The migration is led by the males of the red crab, then the females follow, and as soon as they reach the shore, the crabs dive into the water and then dig their burrows on the nearby land in preparation for the start of the breeding process.
Each female crab that stays in its burrow for more than two weeks can lay up to 100,000 eggs, which hatch upon contact with water.
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