Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Hear the Call...Part 1/1

There are an estimated 43.7 million Red Crabs living on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. With the ebb and flow of seasonal changes, and once Monsoon season has set in, the Red Crab male will travel 8km from the Inland forests to the shores of the Island to await the breeding cycle.  They have to survive dehydration as a result of exposure to the fierce sun, crazy yellow ants that spray acid into their eyes and who will then go about eating  the crabs little by little. The Serengeti vultures  also time their breeding cycle with the migration of the crabs!!

Once the males are at the shore, they await the coming of the females, where they will mate and the millions of females then do the "water dance" where they shake all of the fertilized eggs from their pouches into the oceans.  It almost appears as if  they are lifting their claws in praise high into the heavens as they dance around in the shallows doing their  maternal shake.

Hear the call of the Monsoon.... know that there is a time when we need to heed the call,  to come together as a people to make a difference.  A time when we need to display Courage and Resolution for the sake of the Kingdom and Mankind... A time where we can make a stand and raise the Standard and heed the call.....