Humans are usually associated with beaches, it comes natural to see people on beaches.
However, there are some beaches that are solely occupied by animals, an example is the Pig Beach, officially known as Big Major Cay.It is located in Exuman, the Bahamas and no one knows for sure how these swimming feral pigs ended up in this island.
Stories theorized that these pigs were dropped off by sailors for a good night’s dinner but the group wasn’t able to come back.
Some said the pigs came swimming from another island. Others said they were shipwreck survivors while the belief of is that they are just another tourism business scheme.
Whatever the origin of these pigs is, what matters is the sight of swimming pigs right in front of your eyes is something that cannot go unoticed.
Similar to the Pig Beach, on arrival at the Macquarie Island, in the southwest Pacific Ocean, found between New Zealand and Antarctica one is welcomed by a massive crowd of royal penguins.
Besides the cute royal penguins, the UNESCO-certified Island is considered special because it is the only place in the Pacific Ocean where rocks from the mantle are actively exposed at sea level. If you want to see the greatest concentration of royal penguins, head to Lusitania Bay on the east coast of the island.
On arrival on some of these beaches and islands occupied by animals, one is greeted by their presence but on the small Christmas Island one might miss the presence of about 40 – 50 million of Christmas Island Red Crabs hidden in every square meter of soil or in deep crevices of rock outcrops.
If you want to see them, you can wait for the great migration of red crabs that starts during the wet season in the months of October or November. This migration can last up to 18 days. Although they are the most-seen crab group on the island, there are 13 other species of land crabs found on Christmas Island.
Titilayo Kupoliyi
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