Hermit Crab migration

[chayton]

This is bloody awesome! I read an article and the guy who shot this said the crabs were walking right over him to get where they were going, and he got a little freaked out just cause there were so many. It's weird, they all travel to the same place, throw their shells on the beach, jump in the water to spawn and two minutes later they climb back out and grab a shell and turn around and go back home.

 

[IanO]

Creepy... and reminded me of these guys:



'ewwwww' moment at 2:20

 

[chayton]

'ewwwww' moment at 2:20

And "awwww" moment at 2:34!

That's actually really cool with all the baby ones! It's just mind boggling really.

I think the creepyness factor is because of the high concentration of creatures all in one spot. I remember once when I lived on the coast, this one park I used to walk through had all sorts of concrete paths and one day after it had been raining a lot I went for a walk. I got to the park and thought, "Did they paint the paths?" and when I got closer I realized it was moving - it was solid earthworms as far as you could see, all the paths were pinkish.

 

[samoas]

Bizarre!

I must say I expected to read a cheeky comment from 777Seventh.

 

[chayton]

Bizarre!

I must say I expected to read a cheeky comment from 777Seventh.

Early days yet, you may still read one!

 

[Tirilej]

Early days yet, you may still read one!

He'll come!
In some way these crabs reminded me of him. Sometimes he also seems to be everywhere around here, scratching peoples nervs

 

[conker]

Not sure I could stay still with all those crabs crawling over me. Fair play to the cameraman, that's dedication to his/her job.