A swarm of zombie crabs stormed a beach in their millions after a huge breeding boom.
The population boom has seen a beach totally overruled by the crustaceans, with breeding season arriving earlier this year, according to locals around the Bay of Pigs, Cuba.
During two years of coronavirus lockdowns, the crabs are said to have multiplied in numbers and grown massively due to a reduced amount of traffic and footfall - allowing them to roam freely and in peace.
The arrival of the crabs to the beach takes please each spring as the island's rains begin - seeing millions of red, yellow and black critters emerging at dawn and dusk from the forest.
Incredible scenes see the females make the journey to the sea to release their eggs in the sea.
In normal times, thousands of crabs would be crushed by cars before reaching the ocean.
Angel Iraola, 46, who runs a parking lot off the crab-infested road to the bay says: "There was very little traffic, and very little tourism.
"There are more crabs now than there have been in many years."
Reinaldo Santana Aguilar, a scientist with Cuba's environment ministry, added: "We have observed that the migrations have had an unusually high density of crabs.
"It is very likely that the crab populations have recovered and that is why there is such a strong migration now."
The 'zombie' breed of crab get its name name from fact they host organism for two species of flies who gain nutrients and shelter.
Giordanis Duran, 43, was surprised by the huge numbers of crabs this year, but came prepared, reports The Sun.
With a mop Giordanis he brushed crabs from the road ahead of his car as his family made their way to the coast
He said: "We use the mop to scare off the crabs so as not to kill them. They are animals,"
