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.

[@asishpradhan1233]

AuomAk ,yeah

[@1701spacecadet]

Hey mum, I’m on TV!

[@captainlevi6537]

Wow

[@abhijaisingh3496]

Great spot🔥💥👍

[@alibin8390]

Like a football worldcup fan came to see final.....

[@MrErtyvill]

They're heading to the annual crab rave.

[@msamars]

Xd

[@TaxmicRug45879]

indeed

[@jakefromstatefarm6552]

@@jackknight5692 a song

[@user-jh2fj9ex6z]

;-;

[@Did.You.Forget]

Crabchella is always lite.

[@godinezfer1906]

1:38 "excuse me! Excuse me ! Excuseme!"

[@random-0]

we always have one like this in cinema hall

[@Hiro-jl9tp]

3:34 crab be like: "mom, look, i'm on tv!"

[@Sega428]

Lol nice!

[@korhanakkum4734]

Hahaha came here to comment the same

[@crosswalker45]

Cuteeee😍🤣

[@butyou_nobody]

fudge you beat me to it

[@verfernando8101]

😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@kythebengzon8023]

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

[@ZachDy-xg9it]

Just like cicadas

[@veerolls3922]

3:34 cutest crab greet you'll ever see

[@asoncalledvoonch2210]

The Christmas island crab had 2 predators that kept they're numbers in check. The Predators were the Bulldog Rat And Maclear's Rat. Both of which were endemic only to Christmas island and existed nowhere else on the earth. In 1887 a ship landed on the island to check on the possibility of starting a business by extracting rubber from the trees on the island, but the ship contained Black Rats which carried diseases that the 2 island rat species weren't prepared for and had zero immunity to. By 1902, Both the Bulldog Rat & Maclear's Rat were extinct. With them out of the ecosystem, the crab population exploded and never stopped growing. That's why there's so many crabs there on the island. - The Teacher

[@lotus_flower2001]

What about the yellow crazy ants?

[@asoncalledvoonch2210]

@@TuriGamer Like it was nothing. - The Teacher

[@hutch-uu322]

Wow. Thank you 👍

[@SomeMamaLuigis]

yeah I heard the opposite in areas with yellow crazy ants.

[@parvadhami980]

What happened of those black, foreign rats?

[@griffinthomas1056]

Everyone say hi to Mr. Krabs at 3:34!

[@Sega428]

Lol why

[@hensonlaura]

ADORABLE 😍🥰

[@Hi.Im.Chucky]

lol to the one that came to the camera and said hi. haha

[@hallehowardjaictin9997]

I'm about to comment that hahah

[@Sega428]

He said bye have a good time!😂

[@bhupatmundi5268]

Xxx

[@soulwalka2902]

Lol

[@Saiputera]

Which one?? Time stamp?

[@TheSilentCosmonaut]

3:34 "Oh! Hai"

[@t0008624]

Lol

[@Scouto]

TheSilentCosmonaut I came down to comments to point this out! lol

[@ethan.9557]

TheSilentCosmonaut EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING?

[@CN-kf8xj]

TheSilentCosmonaut lol

[@manbeard8678]

I was thinking the same.

[@shintyty]

Me needs to do schoolwork KZbin: wanna see some crabs?

[@smallandstressed2364]

3:34 “Mom! Look! I’m on tv!!”

[@DefaultSmile]

Look at all those chickens.

[@walkz007]

@maksim lukjan r/whooosh

[@aiy8987]

duh. Dis was only a joke dumb

[@vbear3266]

Chickens? I thought they're snakes

[@teepartyy_]

maksim lukjan it’s a joke

[@nekomily]

Eric Fontanilla Wtf those are lobsters

[@potato-4185]

1:10 That face of the Bird HAHAHAHAHA 3:35 Hi Mr. Krabbs😍

[@eeep4968]

Such a beautiful shade of red they are.

[@yashshukla5390]

No literally you can make a good fighting forces of crabs. they have natural characteristics like-: Normal crabs-: Infantry Coconut crabs-: Armored division Mantis crabs-: armored reconnaissance and intelligence. (They can make good spies because of there shell) Spider crabs -; mechanised infantry ( only if we trained them to carry other small crabs!) Lobsters-: Artillery

[@KingHunter911]

Mantis crab isnt crab, its shrimp. Its name is mantis shrimp, so you could change their name.

[@bronchitisgaming7790]

Hermit crab: surprise attacker (won’t do much but can distract)

[@mookiedt]

An army that can be defeated by being eaten or chunked into the ocean.

[@doomjuice.1652]

Just crustacean fighting gaem where you can pick what crustacean you wanna be there is even bosses like octopus

[@bkjeong4302]

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

[@austinmajor3288]

Yeah and not to mention a bit hard core when it crushed that little crab. I mean, yikes!

[@Zaxares]

@@austinmajor3288 Coconut crabs, as their name implies, are strong enough to puncture coconuts with their claws. A crab's carapace would be of no defence against them.

[@Xmaster-bh8wb]

I never thought the crab in that video would get so liked

[@s.k4713]

Yea they are more aggressive than they look like that one time one crushed a birds wing and a swarm of them…well you can imagine the rest.

[@hollowarmoredtitan3588]

3:34 CRAB: why HELLO there 👋 📀3📀💗

[@godwinadedoyin8742]

I am fascinated by the red crabs marching across Christmas Island near Australia. Also, it is surprising how many species of crabs I have seen from watching nature documentaries.

[@ameyproud2bindian]

2:35 the look of terror on the face! 😓

[@mspoetic23]

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

[@LLLadySSS]

Is this how the crab rave starts?

[@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!

[@rickylovesyou]

...k

[@hrhjiddah2016]

The honor of meeting...? WOW!

[@danielburt9389]

That's absolutely incredible :). Thanks for sharing your story!

[@mattf9076]

I was hoping the would carry you around like a sports hero hitting a game winning goal

[@renata-tsekhanovetskaya]

@@mattf9076and everybody clapped

[@ronaldreagan9408]

So was that crab stabbing noise added in, or did they have a mic close by and that's what it really sounded like.

[@PrismTheKid]

Added in. Pretty sure their cameras pick up almost no usable sound and a lot of the audio is careful foley work and sound design, minus specific animal calls and things like that.

[@tutulsk393]

@@PrismTheKid and

[@striped_sponge7187]

So the Red Army Rises with 45 million. Impressive

[@sem3479]

quantity over quality

[@SoldierOfFate]

Germans: **angry incoherent screaming**

[@maltahighjacker9842]

@@sem3479 and that is why I hate collectivism

[@ponchopeeps]

Kim Jung who?

[@decelhynekristel7627]

I dunno but I feel hungry watching them 😂

[@Love-kt1mb]

😁😁

[@rickylovesyou]

They arent edible.

[@TheGuardDuck]

2:11 A Giant Enemy Crab appears

[@NyanyiC]

I can't believe that crab that eats other crabs🙄

[@tomelectriccity6146]

Coconut crab

[@loonloon6860]

Other crab : why I heard boss music ??

[@hoangpham1515]

3:34 Look mom! I'm in a TV show

[@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?

[@aperson-nb8wp]

TV

[@batcat2338]

@@aperson-nb8wp you know he's dead right?

[@halloweenjean]

@@batcat2338 ?

[@navnidhisharma422]

Moving red carpets of nature. Nice video. 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@jamesdean522]

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

[@aves4081]

2:44 wow, so deadly

[@wolfcraftianmusic4316]

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

[@jonathansantos6009]

Wow, what a good time for them, with inland direction and distance. So very good tickling the ground and tree with there crawling gifts. So ideal.

[@bugtalk84]

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

[@j0rdanaj]

0:33 there was a white crab .

[@potatotheugly2954]

PoodleCorp albino maybe?

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

No it's a different kind of land crab. Different eyes. I think it's one of those with the huge claw

[@maxruff875]

White Army vs. Red Army in a nutshell

[@WHITELIONNYC]

He's been using sunscreen as recommended by dermatologists. 👋🏿🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀👍🏿

[@markhenrioliva5307]

it was a rainforest land crab

[@pasionautomotriz5222]

03:34 David Attenborough: "A massive wave of red crabs...." Red crab: "Here we see Sir David Attenborough"

[@primaryson3131]

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

[@xaharrehman9099]

MASHAA'ALLAH..... Love the color contrast..... Red, Brown, Green. Love u Mother Nature!!!!

[@catsberry4858]

Amen

[@LucidDreamer54321]

The only place you will see more crabs is on that high school cheerleader who is dating the entire football team.

[@MisterClear_DaveDave]

they're actually marching towards stalincrab

[@noskalborg723]

CRAB RAVE!

[@aidancross7287]

Ooh my little red babies, oh how they walk sideways, so red and baby. I love them.

[@aster6292]

I expected for there to be crab rave as background music

[@zenzylok]

Amusing creatures.

[@presidentkimjongtrump9140]

F u

[@marajulali8383]

Alien Philosopher

[@udalix]

*Zoidberg noises*

[@rachupranger9306]

Ziodberg intensifies*

[@r3gaming545]

Ziodberg says hi

[@SpiritChain]

WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP WHOOOP

[@pengalcorner8766]

Lovely to see the nature..... Presentation... Orange..... Green combination.... Wow... Amazing...

[@fahadrafeeq47]

The cinematography in here is on an another level

[@XeresKyle]

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

[@bebekadventure]

am scare of crabs but this video is worth to watch . just amazing nature. thank you BBC earth.

[@nikos8247]

Ouf course you are scared, you are Turkish...😬

[@jumpvelocity3953]

Sehr strange phobia

[@sophielee1213]

Crab eat crabs. Mr. Krabs knew what he put in dem formulas

[@mateoflechet7883]

3:08 that ain’t no crab that a lobster with crab legs and a turtle shell

[@Epic0201]

That zerg rush tho xD

[@ansa8994]

I felt like an animation series !!,😂😂

[@chanthychay6981]

I have never seen this before. So marvelous

[@ruv5341]

2:06 the apperance of the titan crab

[@W0LFB3AT5]

Crab Rave behind the scenes before they danced. 😆

[@Area51Bwtr]

How would you have any reason to dislike a video like this-

[@mookiedt]

Because nobody is cooking them. They're predators are dead and the population is over 100 million.

[@doodbro931]

How has this video never shown up through the past few years I have looked this up? I saw one cell phone video many years ago and have never been able to find a really high quality one like this

[@ProGamer-lt1nj]

This is so amazing

[@purpleflaminggoatsnakes9864]

I want a pet crab now, they’re adorable :3

[@MannyKunV]

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

[@tamitrue6082]

Theyve become my yearly crab tradition video. I see it come bak up once every year lol i love the red crab that photobombs the camera, like yea we know so what

[@earlandreiluisluis9231]

3:34 Mom! Im on KZbin mom Hi KZbin

[@jonathantan2469]

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

[@alicechew2906]

National geography and discovery is the channel full of information. Loved it.

[@wengweng5136]

looks like mapple leaves in the ground.. so cuteeeee🦀🦀

[@SharluckVoucherWiFi]

Sweet and sour Crabs yummmy😋

[@TRUEknowledge440]

Can u tell me how did u capture all these beautiful moments? I don't understand whenever i see these kind of videos like under ocean u caputre many things which i don't understand how you make so much perfect timings .

[@lunaamore20]

They're so bright red n i find dem cute, idk why hahaha

[@josephincorvaja4336]

What an incredible CREATOR we have!

[@theoffensiveidiot5996]

But everything changed when the crazy yellow ants nation attacked..

[@Woody123]

They're on their way to Crab Rave 2: Electric Crabaloo.

[@thirua.1964]

The music is amazing!!

[@Ad-dq7mu]

Flute music in the beginning was awesom and relaxing....

[@nyward]

3:34 “SPRING BREAK 2015!!! WOOO!!”

[@citradewipratiwy3326]

When I see the small one my brain said : " no it's have no meat inside" And then giant comes and I think " oh my gosh, that would be so tasty" I'm sorry but when I see this kind videos I can't take the knowledge, I can't help think about food 🤣🤣

[@itscupss]

watching this with crab rave in the background makes me feel emotions

[@stevenmitchell2996]

Life is so beautiful we are lucky we are blessed with these beautiful creatures and animals.

[@Obbee]

3:34 *"hi Mom I'm on TV"*

[@divadivahan7301]

3:34 Hello. You take care 😘🦀

[@yoe91]

that coconut crab looks a lot more spider like than most crabs I've seen.

[@shaniquenoyan444]

What a beautiful vibrant red color!

[@riahreginald]

me hears the background music,and thinks- *I have never heard of Christmas island in india*

[@Q_QQ_Q]

Stfu

[@humanity0614]

Lots of crabs, go straight to my kitchen..🦀🥘😋

[@youtubelearner5782]

BBC earth is the best wildlife channel

[@AgentRevJr]

Red crabs on Christmas island 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯.. Merry Christmas 😄🎄🎁❄🎅😄🎄🎁❄🎅

[@aiedawahab5484]

"I'm on tv! " 3:35

[@theworthysoul]

Crabs: _exist_ Entire comment sections: Yummy! Please can y'all stop viewing these crustaceans as mere food? They're fascinating creatures too.

[@nessamillikan6247]

Agreed. I stopped eating crab meat because I find them too fascinating and endearing, and I always feel horrible for them when I see them and lobsters in live tanks at grocery stores.

[@lilzennywockhardt]

Read this while eating some crab legs

[@miaursia6998]

Bdo amt mri mkn kaki crab nyam nyam nyam, tngnny psti bnyk dgng 😂😂😂😋😋😋😜😜😜😜

[@artken4901]

@@miaursia6998 ? Engles?

[@chesdaart9757]

what the beautiful things on earth

[@synnny]

They’re so cute!!!

[@cindiclaudia2267]

My heart: don't type it My brain: don't but... I am curious Okay, can we eat them? I mean look at the color and that coconut crab looks delicious, too

[@cinnamonrorr-]

Same thoughts😂

[@imblessed5399]

3:30 it's like they are playing music chair 🎶 😁😁😁 Yeeeh that's the power of red😍 👍😆how beautiful they are... I totally forgot that one day i was bitten by them😁😁😁

[@shaguftapatel2231]

Beautiful crab

[@envitech02]

What a feast these crabs will make!!

[@wolfcraftianmusic4316]

when you and the boyss accidently comes in the room of the BOSS 2:14

[@j.r4155]

1:54 my friends when they heard i got extra pocket money

[@Ermelious]

That looks like a crab buffet! If i were on this island all I'll ever need would be a fork, spoon, cooking pot and stove. And probably salt and butter.

[@skusku.]

Wow the graphics of crab rave have really improved

[@jhinggundan9014]

I just want to cook it all😂😂😂

[@fahanas]

🔥

[@yvesordonio]

They are bitter.

[@yanungtatak6425]

Me too 😁😁

[@vicmacatangay4944]

Is it safe to eat?