Volunteers help land crabs cross the busy Green Island coastal highway (2014/09/26)
Next we head to Green Island, where a crew of volunteers is busy protecting land crabs. The volunteers usher the crabs across the coastal highway, preventing them from being run over by vehicles as they make their way to the sea to lay eggs.
When evening approaches, 30 to 40 volunteers head to the highway encircling Green Island. They come armed with boards and buckets to aid in the search and capture of land crabs.
They carefully place land crabs that are just 2 to 3 centimeters long into bottles and other containers. The crabs are then brought to the sea where they lay eggs.
Mother crabs brings their eggs to the sea this time of year. As they move from the mountainous interior to the coast, they must cross the highway. Many of the crabs are crushed during this treacherous stage of their journey.
Lu Jin-yu Land Crab Conservationist “About 2,000 crabs die in this 50-meter wide highway. We come at dawn and dusk. They hit this board, which prevents them from scattering across the road. This is very dangerous for them,” says this volunteer.
These volunteers have therefore made protection of these crabs their duty. Despite the hard work, they take joy in helping these creatures produce a new generation.
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