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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Claws out: booming population of red crabs on the march

More than 100 million red crabs make a yearly trek from the rainforest to the coast. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

More than 100 million red crabs making their annual trek from Christmas Island's rainforest to the coast are creating a migration spectacle that occupies countless bucket lists.

Their dominance of the landscape is an eye-catching phenomenon loved by tourists and treasured by residents.

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