Parks Australia revealed numbers have more than doubled from 45 million to 100 million over the past few years. 9News
Parks Australia revealed numbers have more than doubled from 45 million to 100 million over the past few years.
Park bosses released a video of the scarlet creatures' slow sideways march towards the sea, which has begun in the past couple of weeks.Parks Australia revealed numbers have more than doubled from 45m to 100m over the past few years. Every year during the wet season, the creatures head out of their rainforest homes to the sea to spawn.READ MORE:Every year during the wet season, the creates head out of their rainforest homes to the sea to spawn.The females will release their eggs on the beach before also heading home.Special roadblocks, and even bridges, are installed to protect the crabs.Christmas Island is 2600 kilometres from Perth, and only 500 kilometres to Jakarta, Indonesia.
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