And while most modern societies would view the annual
migration as a nuisance, the 2,000 or so residents of Christmas Island roll out the red carpet for the red crabs carpeting their home, doing their best to accommodate the hustling crustaceans.
She learned that the native population of crows circulates between Syracuse and nearby Auburn, NY; and that this
migration is partly in response to harassment and, at times, state - sanctioned violence at the hands of a human population who view them
as a
nuisance.