Farthest journey by a crab

In December 2006, it was reported that an American Columbus crab (Planes minutus) had been discovered washed up but still alive on a beach in Bournemouth, UK, 8,000 km (5,000 miles) away from its home in the Sargasso Sea, east of Florida, USA. The bright orange, 15-cm (6-in) crab is believed to have made its epic journey by clinging to barnacles on a buoy for 3 months, surviving storms, predators, and sharp changes in sea temperature. In 1994, a male specimen was found washed ashore amongst barnacles at Tronoan, near Penmarch, western France.