Giant Crabs Invading Antarctic

It's a function of global warming, and was predicted. The giant crabs are eating or driving out other animals.

It definitely sounds like a science-fiction scenario. Here are the last two paragraphs of the article:

The invasion of the long-legged critters doesn't come as a surprise to scientists, given three years ago they predicted the King Crabs would invade within 100 years.

Last month, a study published in the journal Science showed that climate change is driving animals to the poles in search of their more normal natural habitats. The Guardian called it "one of the clearest examples of climate change in action." In fact, the leader of the research, Chris Thomas, professor of conservation biology, told The Guardian that for the past 40 years, animals and plants have been "shifting 20 cm per hour, for every hour of the day, for every day of the year."

Link to the full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/giant-red-crab-invasion-climate-change_n_956090.html?icid=maing-grid7|maing5|dl1|sec3_lnk1|94967