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    See Beach Blanketed With Millions of Migrating Hermit Crabs

    By Annie Colbert | Mashable – Mon, Sep 10, 2012

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    An army of hermit crabs carpeted a beach in St. John last month and a videographer captured incredible footage of the crustacean crush.

    Steve Simonsen's friend alerted him to the migration and he wasted no time scooping up his Canon EOS 5D Mark ll and a Canon XA-10 and heading straight to the seafront. Simonsen's footage shows what he described as "millions and millions" of hermit crabs participating in their annual mass movement.

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    Imagine planning your Caribbean day of fun in the sun on the same day the hermit crab population decides to make a run -- or scurry -- for it. Sorry if nature ruined beach day.

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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