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Ocean dead zone hits high of 17 weeks
An ocean dead zone off Oregon that killed fish, crabs and sea worms in an area bigger than Rhode Island last summer lasted nearly three times longer than its predecessors before dissipating with autumn's change in the weather, scientists said Monday.


These pigs don't fly, but they do go fishing (News & Notes)
Hogs on the archipelago's main island, Tongatapu, have conquered their fear of the ocean and now forage at low tide for crabs, mussels and seaweed, and fish marooned in rock pools. VIA The Seattle Times LINK... From Moldy Chum


Rip currents are tugging at more swimmers
Showers are expected along the coast with highs nearing 90 degrees. BEST BETS THURSDAY: On Ocracoke Island, you can take a bird-watching walk, catch blue crabs and -- if you're a kid -- make a pirate flag.


1. NATURE. Cuba: Wild Island of the Caribbean. Cuban Crab Invasion | PBS
... only island to experience crab invasions. Related land crabs live throughout the Caribbean. And a similar species takes over Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean each fall. There, an estimated 100 ...
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/cuba/landcrabs.html

2. Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
... The Red Crabs of Christmas Island - Once every year, 120 million of these forest crabs migrate en masse from their inland burrows to the sea to spawn. Along the way, over a million are crushed by ...
http://www.zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

3. Tikkabik: My son's favorite monster
... It was pretty cool -- the forest crabs of Christmas Island, giant crabs, tiny crabs, crabs that live symbiotically with sea cucumbers, and more. All the closeup photography made these things look ...
http://www.tikkabik.com/archives/000371.html

4. Colossus Collectibles - Magazines: National Geographic
... No. 6 Bronze age shipwreck; Sea Islands; journey through Tibet; sleep; red crabs of Christmas Island. Price: $3.00 - VG National Geographic - Nov 1987, Vol. 172, No. 5 Suleyman the Magnificent; New ...
http://www.colossuscollec ....com/mags/natgeo.html

5. National Geographic
... 1.00am Red Crabs Crazy Ants Each year the red crabs of Christmas Island leave the safety of the forest and migrate to the ocean to mate and lay eggs. Waves of red cover roads and paths in a sea of ...
http://www.ngcasia.com/wa ...dule.asp?Seriesid=253

6. 1BluePlanet .com USA
... the... Posted by: metro on October 23, 2005, 09:08:33 PM | Write Comment Red Crabs annual migration The Red Crab is by far the most obvious of the 14 species of land crabs found on Christmas Island ...
http://www.1blueplanet.com/usa.html

7. press releases
... Red Crabs Christmas Island is 52 square milesabout .07 times the size of Washington, D.C. Red crabs live only on Christmas Island. Red crabs munch on fallen leaves, fruit and flowers. Each female ...
http://www.fernbank.edu/m ...ess/amazingfacts.html

8. Mr Natural - theage.com.au
... One of the most famous sequences, from The Trials of Life , saw Attenborough on Christmas Island, sitting among millions of blood-red land crabs. The program run reassuringly counter to the reflex of ...
http://www.theage.com.au/ ...13/1047431127635.html

9. Yahoo! Directory AU & NZ > Australia > Christmas Island > Travel an...
... advanced search suggest a site SITE LISTINGS Local Guides Christmas Island - diving, fishing, nature walks, unique flora and fauna, red crabs, diverse cultures, accommodation, flight services, and ...
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/R ...l_and_Transportation/

10. Palmyra Island
... One of the endangered coconut crabs living on Palmyra Angelfish ... of birds that call the island home. A white sand beach ... drilling, if you're me.) CHRISTMAS ISLAND (coming soon ...
http://shadow.eas.gatech.edu/~kcobb/lineislands/

11. Texas - Mad Island Marsh Preserve
... Island Christmas Bird Count has ranked in the top five national counts since its inception in 1993. The marsh area provides habitat for many different marine organisms, such as red drum, blue crabs ...
http://nature.org/wherewe ...reserves/art6400.html

12. Crustacea Section, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
... County), Ecology and Natural History of the Land Crabs of the Revillagegedos Islands. August-September ... ... No. DEB-9972100, Marine Cryptofauna of Guana Island, BVI, a Pristine Caribbean Island. (with Todd ...
http://atiniui.nhm.org/people/martin/

13. Australia's Christmas Island.
... In burrows in the rainforest Christmas Island's millions of red crabs thrive. The protected robber crab - the largest on earth - also survives here. Once common throughout the south Pacific, zealous ...
http://www.divernet.com/travel/chri1096.htm

14. www.naturepl.com - photo captions
... 01013721 Mass of Christmas Island Red Crabs spawning on the beach. 01013700 Worker Indian elephant with keeper. India 01013535 Olympic NP at sunset. Washington, USA 01013439 Torrisdale Bay beach ...
http://www.naturepl.com/photocaptions49.html

15. Pacific Island Books : Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
... It includes diagrams and photos of the many different bird populations residing and visiting Christmas Island as well as some information and drawings on the plants, land crabs and lizards. Soft ...
http://www.pacificislandbooks.com/kiribati.htm

16. boating in nh -- boating in nh
... www.thepastures.com/ Price List for CHRISTMAS ISLAND ... 1.80 1983 138-41 Boating NH 2.50 142-44 Territory NH 2.00 145-47 Candles NH 2.00 1984 148-51 Land Crabs NH 3.50 152-56 Fungi NH 4.50 157-60 ...
http://www.arboating.com/boatinginnh/

17. NISbase: Nonindigenous Species Database Network
... Crustaceans-Shrimp Crustaceans-Crabs Crustaceans-Crayfish ... Herzegowina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean ... Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling ...
http://www.nisbase.org/nisbase/AdvSpSearch.jsp

18. Naples, Florida Winter Driving Expedition 1999 to 2000
... It was called EPIC and was about the migration patterns of some animals including monarch butterflies, zebras, geese, crabs on Christmas Island, whales, and humans. This was an excellent show. If you ...
http://www.garot.com/travels/1999/florida99.asp

19. Countries A-Z, country codes, dialling codes, schools, projects, maps, langu...
... education help overview profile close-ups capital Christmas Island CX 61 English, Chinese, Malay * schools projects statistics NG photo red crabs The Settlement Australian territory code dial ...
http://www.happychild.org.uk/countries/C.htm

20. USA Road Travel: Christmas Tree Island, Florida - Vagabonding in Florida -di...
... exception is Christmas Tree Island located off the coast of Key ... will see two little islands. Christmas Tree is the one on the right ... are also many, many hermit crabs and some mangrove swamp ...
http://www.digihitch.com/usa386.html

21. Systematic Research Collections: Mollusca
... Most of the material was collected between 1964 and 1981 by dredge, drag, shrimp-net, or box-core as part of research projects conducted at the UGA Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, Georgia. 3) The ...
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/ ...links/museumlist.html

22. At Sea - The mail
... For one thing, there are no other red crabs in the world like the ones on Christmas Island. To Angelo C from the Picton Castle: Thank you for passing along your safety information (concerning high ...
http://www.chron.com/cont ...r/sail/mail/98/10/28/

23. Crazy ants wiping out famed Christmas Island crabs
... Email Us Crazy ants wiping out famed Christmas Island crabs Wed Apr 10, 5:56 AM ET By Michael Christie SYDNEY (Reuters) - "Crazy Ants" are devouring the famous migrating land crabs of Australia's ...
http://www.antcolony.org/ ...razyantswipingout.htm

24. http://www.asianoverland.com/
... Link FIGO 2006 KUALA LUMPUR APLAR 2006 KUALA LUMPUR Red Crabs at Christmas Island Click here for more info... FEI World Cup Final 2006 26th - 30th April 2006 Click here for more info... Formula 1 ...

25. ► Buy Christmas Island Items
... ISLAND - 1958 MINT QE11 SET OF 10 STAMPS. $ 12.99 Mint set Christmas Island 50th Anniv End WWII $ 14.30 Christmas Islands-1984 Crabs (12) MUIH - $16.50 $ 6.37 Cook Islands: Christmas 1968 $ 9.45 ...
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26. WashingtonPavilion.org: Amazing Journeys
Follow some of the most unusual and wonderful animal migrations on the planet: zebras in Africa, crabs on Christmas Island, gray whales in the Pacific Ocean, Monarch butterflies in Mexico and Maasi ...
http://www.washingtonpavi ...s/Amazingjourneys.cfm

27. superchefblog: 2004/12
... Shop Grubz Up Cafe The famed food is Christmas Island's Red Crab (gecarcoidea natalis), described in 1888. There are millions of them (those are red crabs in the photo above, crossing the street ...
http://www.superchefblog. ...04_12_01_archive.html

28. Christmas Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... have been described. Robber crabs, known elsewhere as coconut crabs, also exist in large numbers on the island. Christmas Island is a focal point for sea birds of various species. Eight ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island

29. ► Buy Christmas Fdc Items
... Xmas $ 1.39 Orchids of Christmas Island - 1994 FDC $ 0.42 Santa Claus - 1986 FDC Christmas Is $ 12.19 Bats & Owls Cachet - 1987 FDC - Christmas Is - RARE $ 12.90 Crabs of Christmas Is #1 - 1985 FDC ...
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30. SUGAR DELTA WORLD - Your Radio Website. - 217 Div. Christmas Island - story
http://www.sugar-delta.or ...file=article&sid=1262

31. Christmas, Christmas links, Christmas directory, Christmas web directory
... Lots of Christmas stationery, greeting cards, games and downloads Christmas Island diving, fishing, nature walks, unique flora and fauna, red crabs, diverse cultures, accommodation, flight services ...
http://www.holidayjoys.co ...christmas/index.shtml

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