Description
On a speck of volcano in the Indian Ocean, a true giant is under siege. Meet the robber crab, a meter‑spanning coconut thief facing an unexpected enemy that fights in acid and numbers.
Journey across Christmas Island’s reefs, forests, caves, and storm‑lashed cliffs as millions of red crabs march to the sea, Pisonia trees turn feathers into traps, and flying foxes rain fruit like confetti. A park ranger, Jason Turrell, counts ancient crabs lost to roads. Ecologist Tanya Dettow backs a daring plan using microscopic wasps to cut off the crazy ants’ sugar supply at its source. And in the most perilous moment of all, a mother robber crab descends razor limestone to release a quarter million eggs to the tide.
From coconut heists at night-time altars to super colonies that blind giants, every scene reveals a fragile balance and the audacious science trying to save it. Watch to discover what tips the island from harmony into chaos, and the surprising fix that might turn the tide.
Watch now and see how this battle for a king could decide the fate of an island.
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