Some People Are Getting ‘Covered in Crabs’ (Willingly)
Australia’s Parks division says the crab migration is the island’s biggest tourist attraction. The island closes some roads to make crab passage safer, while information posted on notice boards and local radio stations give updates during the migration.
“Some people were quite freaked out by the fact that they’re surrounded by millions of crawling arthropods, whereas other people are just immersed—basically [they] do a little red crab angel,” Tiernan said. “They’ll lie on [the] ground and let themselves get covered in red crabs.”
