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amnhnyc · 3 months ago

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Have you ever seen one of these critters at the beach? Also known as “sand crabs” or “sand fleas,” Pacific mole crabs (Emerita analoga) can be found across the western coasts of North and South America. East Coast residents might encounter their relatives, the Atlantic sand crabs (Emerita talpoida), during summertime beach trips. Mole crabs migrate with the tides, keeping up with breaking waves to filter feed on plankton brought in by the crashing waters. These critters use their back legs to get around, and they burrow backwards, too.

Photo: eeowes, CC BY-NC 4.0, flickr

#science #amnh #museum #nature #natural history #animals #fact of the day #did you know #sand crab #fun facts #animal facts #ocean life #marine biology #beach #summer #mole crab #sand fleas #cool animals

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daily-crabbys · 11 months ago

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Today's crab is: weird little thing

#daily-crabbys #crab #sand crab #sand flea #mole crab #i love these funky things #they feel so weird wehn you pick em up #i used to trap them in buckets and watch them burrow in the sand for fun LMAO

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drafthearse · 9 months ago

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Lepidopa websteri, 15mm. Lower Chesapeake Bay, Silver Beach, Northampton County, VA - 02/20/14. Caught by VIMS Trawl Survey. Photo by Robert Aguilar, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

#lepidopa websteri #crustacean #sand crab #mole crab #finds

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corviisquire · 3 months ago

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showing my sister how to put back caught sand crabs DID NOT go well

#Corvie visits the beach #ft. my sister #sand crab #beach

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crabsinvideogames · 6 months ago

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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening / The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

Three sand crabs can be found on the Toronbo Shores, to the east of Link's sword in the game's intro. Sand crabs can also be found in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, with their sprite in the GameBoy releases being reused in The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons. On the Switch remake, their model resembles it's appearance in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

#crabs in games #sand crab #the legend of zelda: link's awakening #the legend of zelda: link's awakening dx #link's awakening #the legend of zelda

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kittyglitter31415926 · 7 months ago

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