Burrows and sand pellets left by Sand Bubbler crabs on the beach in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, Malaysia

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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 disintegrates the pellets

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Size: 7034px × 4695px
Location: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Photo credit: © Barrie Harwood / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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