Friday, May 13, 2016

Orange County shores covered by tiny red crabs


The crazy amount of red tuna crabs are now covering the Orange Country coastline, from Huntington beach south to Laguna Beach.

This incidence happened several times before. The similar case occurred in the last year and got beaches in trouble.


According to Los Angeles Times,  in Laguna Beach, marine safety Lt. Kai Bond said he saw the salmon-colored critters, about 1 to 3 inches long, scattered across portions of the southern tip of Main Beach and along beaches in the Sleepy Hollow area. 

In Huntington Beach, "thousands of crabs settled on the sand north of Goldenwest Bolsa China State Beach earlier this week," said Lt. Claude Panis to Los Angeles Times.

People are wondering the cause of this increase of dead of red tuna crab appearing on the beach for the particular season.

"It happens every now and then," Panis also said to Los Angeles Times. "It seems to go hand-in-hand with El Nino. I think it could be related to the different currents we have going on right now. It was just a fun little event for us."
 
If you want to catch up with the current status of Laguna Beach, visit Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot in Los Angeles Times.

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