*During two years of coronavirus lockdowns, there has been a population boom of zombie crabs around the Bay of Pigs, Cuba, with millions storming a beach, according to locals.
Here’s more from the New York Post:
After the island’s spring rains begin, millions of red, yellow and black crustaceans emerge at dawn and dusk and march from the forest across the road and down to Cuba’s southern coast to spawn in the sea. Mass migration occurs after mating because females return to the sea to release their eggs to be hatched where the larvae live as plankton.
“There was very little traffic, and very little tourism,” said Angel Iraola, 46. “There are more crabs now than there have been in many years.”
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“We have observed that the migrations have had an unusually high density of crabs,” said einaldo Santana Aguilar, a scientist with Cuba’s environment ministry. “It is very likely that the crab populations have recovered and that is why there is such a strong migration now.”
Per the UK Mirror, “The ‘zombie’ breed of crab get its name name from fact they host organism for two species of flies who gain nutrients and shelter.”
“We use the mop to scare off the crabs so as not to kill them. They are animals,” said resident Duran Giordanis.
Check out the video report above.
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