When Brenda and I cruised the south coast of Cuba over the winter, we decided to take a land trip from Cienfuegos to Trinidad de Cuba.<\/p>\n
Along the way, we witnessed a remarkable sight, the beginning of the annual\u00a0migration\u00a0of 100,000,000 Cuban land crabs (Gecarcinus ruricola<\/a>) marching from their home in the mountains to the sea to lay their eggs. \u00a0 As they near the end of their 6 mile journey, a particularly long way, it seems to me, for a critter that always walks sideways, they must\u00a0cross a busy coastal road shortly before reaching their destination. What a sight as they scurry sideways, claws held menacingly skyward.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, I didn’t have an opportunity to stop and take photos that day as we crunched our way through along the road. \u00a0 However, all is not lost as there are videos on YouTube about this and nearly every other topic that you could possibly imagine.<\/p>\n Along with touching crab videos, there are plenty to choose from that you’d probably want to skip. \u00a0However, you’ll have to wait a moment longer for a particularly poignant example of that ilk.\u00a0\u00a0First, here’s a short and really fascinating, to me anyway, clip chronicling this remarkable migration to the sea.
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