50 million The number of red crabs on Christmas Island!
100,000 The eggs a single female can brood
116 Maximum red crab body shell (carapace) size in millimetres
100 Possible density of female crabs per square metre when spawning
31 Underpasses installed
20 Kilometres of barriers
12-13 Days females brood their eggs in a moist burrow
Males emerge muddy from the mating burrow
Males emerge muddy from the mating burrow
4 Weeks it takes for the eggs to develop into megalops and emerge from the sea
5 Their size in millimetres when the baby crabs begin their journey back to the forests
9 The days it takes the baby crabs to reach the plateau
3 Years it takes the baby crabs to mature
1 Crab bridge!
Parks Australia
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