Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) blurred view of vast number of individuals moving along their annual migration route, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster plotus) head portrait, with wide bill open, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, November

Ingo Arndt / Golden Bosun / Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus fulvus) in flight, endemic to Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, November

Ingo Arndt / Robber / Coconut Crab (Birgus latro) close up of head and legs, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) crossing closed road, during annual migration, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, November 2009.

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) crossing road in huge numbers during annual migration, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Great frigatebird (Fregata minor listeri) drinking freshwater on the wing, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, November

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) arriving in huge numbers, at coast for spawning, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) gatthered together on beach the day before spawning, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) massing on coastal rocks, the morning after spawning, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) shortly before sunrise sitting on rock ready for spawning, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

Ingo Arndt / View from Margaret Knoll lookout of sunset and rain clouds over the Indian Ocean and the east coast of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, December 2009.