45 Million Red Crabs March | Lands of the Monsoon | BBC Earth

For most of the year they hide below ground but with the monsoon and rising humidity it's time to spawn as the red crabs begin to march. However they face many dangers in their way...

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[AuomAk]

3:34 One actually waves at the camera as he passes by.

[kythebengzon]

Red crabs literally embody 'They can't kill all of us!'

[Hiro-jltp]

3:34

crab be like: "mom, look, i'm on tv!"

[Ahmada]

They're heading to the annual crab rave.

[shintyty]

Me needs to do schoolwork

YouTube: wanna see some crabs?

[eeep]

Such a beautiful shade of red they are.

[bkjeong]

first time I saw coconut crabs hunting. Much faster strike than expected.

[mspoetic]

1:13 That crab was like: don, t touch me bish

[poulomi__hari]

I had the honour of meeting an entire parade of red crabs on the long stretch of sand at the edge of Chilika Lake. The narrow stretch of land that divided the lake and the ocean, was infested with red-crab population. I was walking on the shore sipping coconut water, as a red crab walked passed me. I found it hell'a cute, so I followed it. It went inside a burrow almost immideately. A minute later it came out to peep, whether I was still there or gone. I looked ahead, and holy moly, there were God knows how many (but I am guessing a close to million) crabs looking at me, in perfect lines of three, like the ones in a marching parade, staring back at me. They were looking at me curiously, peeking out of their tiny holes. It was up till the horizon, as far as my eyes could see.

I throttled one step on the ground, with force, likely to scare them off. It worked. They went back in- all together. A minute later, they slowly come out again. I walk towards them and they quickly hide in their hidey holes within a blink of an eye. It was a wierd game that I was enjoying all by myself. Best summer ever. I was barely 15 at that time!

[TijuannaBottleRocket]

This is my favorite video this channel has posted! Thank you!

P.S. Is there any way we can get longer videos, even full length documentaries perhaps?

[JMDwhoelsewoulditbe]

45 million red crabs walk by
robber/coconut crab: well this is awkward.

[pasionautomotriz]

03:34
David Attenborough: "A massive wave of red crabs...."


Red crab: "Here we see Sir David Attenborough"

[aster]

I expected for there to be crab rave as background music

[XeresKyle]

*Crabs:* "SUFFOCATION! NO BREATHING! DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF MY ARM IS BLEEDING!"

[wolfcraftianmusic]

8 yr old me trying to find my mom in the mess 3:23

[primaryson]

3:35 Woo Hoo, I'm on the telly!!

[bugtalk]

So many bright red crabs everywhere would a sight to behold. Such an amazing spectacle.

[MannyKunV]

2:37
red crab: "Yea... im gonna have to ask you to not do that..."
robber crabs: "CALLA CAGADA"

[jonathantan]

When this pandemic is over... I'm heading to Christmas Island so I can play "Crab Rave" at full volume on a bluetooth speaker...

[LordOfLove]

they're actually marching towards stalincrab