Radio Broadcast: Increasing interest in this year’s mass migration

Björn Suckow (AWI) was interviewed by the German radio station “Deutschlandfunk Nova”, following a video released by the German yellow press on 28^th of February showing juvenile mitten crabs migrating up a river towards Hamburg.

For all those who understand German and want to find out more, please check the podcasts from minute 15:38 onwards: https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/putin-schalttag-nsu

Is the mitten crab a problem in Germany? Why do they like it there so much? Where does it come from and how did it get to Europe? Can they be a threat to the ecosystem and how can we limit the population? All this was briefly explained in just under 5 minutes.