Thousands of crabs dyed red American beaches

Thousands of small red crabs appear on Orange Beach, Southern California from June 14 to present, causing locals to be anxious and excited, the Washington Post reported on June 17.

Thousands of crabs attack the US beach

Called Pleuroncodes planipes or tuna crabs , these shrimp-like crabs often gather off the coast of the coast but now find themselves exposed to the sand. Along the coast of Dana Point, San Clemente, Newport and Huntington Beach over the weekend there are thousands of crabs drifting.

Crabs washed ashore in the United States.(Photo: MSN / Twitter)

Experts say these crabs may appear in the northern part of California because of the unusually warming of seawater.

' They are capable of moving from the sea floor to the surface of the water and are subjected to mass waves and tides. Normally, when we see a large amount of tuna crab appearing on the beach, it means that warm water is entering the ocean , 'said Linsey Sala, a researcher at the Institute of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. .

(Photo: MSN / Twitter)

(Photo: MSN / Twitter)

The phenomenon of red crabs washed ashore was recorded by fishermen in Southern California waters from last year, this year appearing sporadically on Catalina Island and some other places. Starting in mid-June, thousands of red crabs drifted to San Diego beach.

Donna Kalez, the head of the fishing association Dana Wharf, told the local newspaper that the captains had discovered the crustacean were suspended in the water for weeks. Now, they start drifting to the shore, making people very curious, emerging the trend of "red crabs ', while many people worry and catch these crabs into the water.

'Most of the live crabs are still swimming pretty well on the surface. However, once washed ashore, they cannot go anywhere because they are not strong enough to reverse the wave to swim out to the ocean , "said Donna Kalez.

(Photo: Washington Post)

Netizens fabricated crabs on shore.(Photo: MSN)

According to Linsey Sala expert, seawater warming may be due to a combination of factors, including El Nino . A huge stream of warm water called 'Blob ' has been discovered by researchers, formed in Alaska Bay and off the coast of California, which is thought to be the main cause of crab drifting.

The tuna crabs are not the first creature to drift off the California series because of the warming of seawater. Earlier, bright blue jellyfish had covered the Northern California beach in spring 2015.