On Christmas Island (a phosphate island near the Cocos Islands), where large crabs swarm out of the jungle during January and February and invade even the houses. They are harmless to human beings, but are an annual plague. —E. Sutherland, photo.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4029, 2 June 1931, Page 39
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41On Christmas Island (a phosphate island near the Cocos Islands), where large crabs swarm out of the jungle during January and February and invade even the houses. They are harmless to human beings, but are an annual plague. —E. Sutherland, photo. Otago Witness, Issue 4029, 2 June 1931, Page 39
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