Tiny crabs wash up in masses on Calif. beach

Beachgoers examine tiny tuna crabs washing ashore in Orange County, California.
Beachgoers examine tiny tuna crabs washing ashore in Orange County, California.

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

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.

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