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Unusually dry weather in Australia has caused an historic two-month delay in the annual Christmas Island red crab migration.
The spectacular event usually takes place around November and sees some 50 million red crabs travel from their home in the island forests to the ocean.
Experts say climate change has played a part in the delay to this crucial breeding process.
Brendan Tiernan, who is the Parks Australia threatened species field programme coordinator said the last "six to nine months of 2023 was exceptionally dry.
"So dry, that in October and November when the crabs would usually migrate, we had no rainfall. And that dry period continued into January this year".
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