Tiny tuna crabs wash up in masses on Orange County beaches

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DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Tiny tuna crabs have been washing up by the thousands on some Orange County beaches.

The Orange County Register reports (http://bit.ly/1BcoMTB ) that the crustaceans, which look like tiny lobsters or crawfish, created a bright red rim along the shoreline of Dana Point, San Clemente, Newport Beach and Huntington Beach on Sunday.  

Experts say the 1- to 3-inch long crabs, which normally live off Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, are going farther north because of the warm water that has lingered off Southern California for the past year.

In recent weeks, blue, jellyfish-like creatures known as “by-the-wind sailors” have been spotted, and tropical fish such as yellowtail and Bluefin tuna are showing up earlier than normal this year.

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4 thoughts on “Tiny tuna crabs wash up in masses on Orange County beaches

  1. “… are going farther north because of the warm water that has lingered off Southern California for the past year.”

    That’s one possible explanation. However…

  2. Nothing to do with Fukushima radiation, I assure you. 🙄 (sarcasm)

    As a matter of fact, scientists (who the media claims, but shows no credentials to who those scientists are or where they are from) say they don’t know what is really happening or that this is all just a normal yearly migration. And if you believe all of that, I’ve got more fairy tale stories to tell you. 😉

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