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These little sandy balls are made by Sand Bubbler Crabs, very small creatures about a centimetre in size,They scurry about the beach at low tide creating these little balls of sand and then shoot down a hole which can be seen on the bottom right of the frame .Sand bubbler crabs live in burrows in the sand, where they remain during high tide. When the tide is out, they emerge on to the surface of the sand, and scour the sand for food, forming it into inflated pellets, which cover the sand. The crabs work radially from the entrance to their burrow, which they re-enter as the tide rises and destroys the pellets. The material consumed by sand bubbler crabs has a very low concentration of organic matter, which is concentrated by egestion of indigestible material.

 

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Uploaded on October 23, 2011
Taken on September 24, 2011