Cuba: Wild Island of the Caribbean
Video: Crabs Spawn a New Generation

Each year, Cuban land crabs return to the sea en masse to release their eggs in the surf.

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11 Responses to “Video: Crabs Spawn a New Generation”
  1. Mary says:

    Wow I want to go to cuba!

  2. Mary says:

    The guy talking sounds weird

  3. Susan says:

    What are these crabs called?

  4. Stephanie says:

    That video was very short. It was kind of interesting.

  5. Liz says:

    I was born in Cuba and we lived on the beach. My mom told me about when the crabs would come and coat every inch of our land. Including the walls of the house. It’s great to get a visual of what she was talking about.

  6. Barbara says:

    I was born in Cuba also, I have wonderful memories of my country Cuba. I hope I could see it again one day.

  7. crab claire says:

    I have 428 crabs in cuba

  8. kristin says:

    AMAZING, love the islands!

  9. Kella says:

    Wow……….Cool. It was kind of weird, but still cool.

  10. ian says:

    AAAWWOOSSOOMMEE i want to se a crab get swallowed by the se (>:{(

  11. Michaela Hoffman says:

    that was awesome did you see all those eggs i wonder what kind of crabs are those.

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