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[Must see] The strange crab invasion of California beaches

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Thousands of tiny red crabs are carpeting beaches in Orange County and creating an amazing spectacle for swimmers and surfers.

This Friday, May 13, 2016 photo shows tuna crabs washed up onto the beach at Shaw's Cove in Laguna Beach, Calif. Pelagic red crabs are usually found off Baja California but currents that are part of the El Nino weather pattern are sweeping them north. (Kevin Sullivan/The Orange County Register via AP) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

(Kevin Sullivan/The Orange County Register via AP) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Lifeguards estimate that hundreds of thousands of the tiny crustaceans washed up Friday on beaches in Newport Beach.

Others were spotted in Laguna Beach.

The Orange County Register reports that pelagic red crabs are usually found off Baja California, but currents that are part of the El Nino weather pattern are sweeping them north.

The 1- to 3-inch-long crabs have washed up for several years along the Orange County coastline.

Before that, they hadn’t been seen in the area for decades.

Sylvie Bergeron, of San Diego, at left, and her sister Line Bergeron, of Quebec, walk with their dogs next to tuna crabs that washed up onto the beach at Shaw's Cove on Friday, May 13, 2016 in Laguna Beach, Calif. Pelagic red crabs are usually found off Baja California but currents that are part of the El Nino weather pattern are sweeping them north. (Kevin Sullivan/The Orange County Register via AP) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

(Kevin Sullivan/The Orange County Register via AP) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

The Associated Press contributed to this article. 

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Comments

  2. drbhelthi says

    Who is transmitting the MORs of fish and crustraceans throughout the oceans of the world ?
    For sure, it isnt Russia or Iran or the 7 Arab Moslem countries from which madam Merkel of Germany enables ISIS to drive Arab Moslems into the NATO member nations of the Europran Union.
    That narrows down the potential field of nature violaters considerably.

  3. drbhelthi says

    This event is related with the thousands of tons of fish that have died and are washed onto the beaches of the world. This could happen only if the MOR, mortal oscillation resonance, of the creatures is being transmitted throughout the oceans of the world, where such events are occurring. Who is guilty of this crime against nature ? How can humans do such dastardly acts against nature itself?

  4. twykes says

    It’s nature. Just nature doing her thing.
    I love el nino. Doesn’t come often but
    Causes a lot of confusio and speculation.

    • PUNISER says

      WE GET THE RED TIDE ALSO. AT NIGHT, THE WAVES GLOW IN THE DARK. FROM THE POSPHORIST IN THE DEAD PLANKTON.