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The red crabs of Christmas Island live in deep burrows and rock crevices in the island’s rainforests. Once a year, during the rainy season, millions of the crabs migrate to the Indian Ocean to breed, covering the island in a blanket of red. On contact with the water, the crab larvae hatch and are swept out to sea. Those that survive emerge from the water as baby crabs and spend their first three years hidden in rocky outcrops.
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