Video: The Reds are coming! The crab movement for freedom
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
On Christmas Island, early November are the red days of the calendar. At this time, thousands are chosen to honor the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. red crabs. "Reds" are coming in huge crowds, swinging claws and possibly singing revolutionary songs in the crab tongue. This is perhaps the largest and most spectacular communist demonstration among animals!
But seriously, it is not the ideas of Karl Marx that push the red crabs from Christmas Island on the great journey. Crabs just want to reproduce properly - that's why they crawl out of the forest to the coast. There, in the lapping waves of the Indian Ocean, grandiose balls will take place with the participation of millions of arthropods, followed by spawning and an equally long return home.
On the way to the shore red waves small crabs endure numerous dangers: they are crushed by cars, they are eaten by animals and birds, many are lost … But nothing will stop the real revolutionaries! The Reds go ahead anyway. To make it a little easier for stubborn animals to go to the age-old dream, special plastic walls are built for them along the roads and underground passages. At some level crossings, you can even see the "Caution crabs!" Sign.
However, even without an inscription it is difficult not to notice the Red Army, which covers the entire island these days. The recalcitrant herd of crabs is visible even from airplanes. The social movement of red crabs has become a seasonal attraction on Christmas Island. Join if you are ready to raise the banner of freedom, equality and brotherhood in your claws!
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