Crab Invasion

150,000,000 crabs swarm slowly onto Christmas Island. When their eggs hatch simultaneously, there could be as many as 75,000,000,000,000 of them. They walk slowly, but… man…

Ya gotta wonder if they have enough sentience to know, even close to ballpark, how many of them there actually are. My hope is that they don’t.

Christmas Island Red Crabs - Amazing videos are here

News Flash: Pollution Affects Animals

In another not-so-shocking proof that pollution can really mess up a species, scientists have shown DNA damage and mutation in mice can be caused by polluted air. This is one of those experiments that just didn’t need to happen, much as it may be nice to confirm the point from time to time.

See the scoop here.