The Army - Soldier Crabs

Following on from yesterday's soldier crabs photo, I took this shot from the jetty looking down on the 'army' of soldiers. This was only a small section of the number of crabs on the beach at low tide, there must have been thousands.

They only surface at low tide for about an hour or so to feed and then disappear under the sand again once the tide turns. They are amazing to watch.

Here is the link I attached to yesterday's photo if you missed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4MwYbshVbs

[Ann H. LeFevre]

WOW!!!!! That is amazing that there's so many of them!!

[amyK]

Amazing

[Rick]

Wow, so many of them. Great shot.

[Milanie]

That's just amazing!

[Diana]

Goodness this is so hard to believe! So funny to see them all scampering around.

[eDorre]

How cool! Looks like a crab river

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh ho, I used to see them in numbers like this as a child

[Babs]

@olivetreeann @amyk @rickster549 @milaniet @ludwigsdiana @edorreandresen @koalagardens This is only about a tenth of the number of crabs on the beach that day. It really was an army, quite an invasion in fact.

[Yao RL]

This could be creepy.

[Valerie Chesney]

Amazing how many can be in one :army!'

[Dianne]

I have seen these on documentaries, so thank you for sharing this image.

[Casablanca]

Goodness me.......trying not to imagine that lot crawling all over me!

[Wylie]

what a great lot!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Waw! what an ARMY! and such an amazing sight!

[Gosia]

Wow, never seen it...

[Dione Giorgio]

Oooh, Brings to mind Dunkirk when the allied forces landed on the beach in WWII. Amazing to see them all coming your way. My instinct would make me retreat watching them approaching.

[Lou Ann]

Oh my! Whatever their diet is, it must be plentiful there!

[Renee Salamon]

Oh oh oh, you weren’t kidding

[Peter Dulis]

wow

[Corinne C]

Wow, so impressive!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

That's unbelievable. Where's the guy from Joe's Crab Shack?

[Margaret Brown]

An amazing capture

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Oh my gosh. They are taking over the world. LOL Great capture.

[MONTSERRAT]

Incroyable capture

[carol white]

Wow!!

[Susan Wakely]

Great to see them out in full force.

[Kate]

Glad you were there during their hour above-aground

[haskar]

Amazing capture.

[Faye Turner]

Wow ... that's amazing

[Tunia McClure]

too many for comfort

[Islandgirl]

Wow so many and I love their blue colour!

[LManning (Laura)]

What an amazing sight!

[Kathy]

Yeow!

[John Falconer]

Well spotted. This is a Great capture.

[Bill]

So cool.

[Babs]

@yaorenliu @happysnaps @dide @casablanca @pusspup @beryl @gosia @sangwann @louannwarren @rensala @pdulis @corinnec @skipt07 @craftymeg @mittens @montserrat @carolmw @wakelys @k9photo @haskar @fayefaye @fayefaye @tunia @radiogirl @ljmanning @randystreat @johnfalconer @cwbill Thanks. I should have taken a few shots and put them together as a panorama because this was only a small section of crabs.
They steer clear of people though so no worry of them crawling all over you. They scrabble around like this until the tide turns and then go back underground before emerging again in another 12 hours or so to do it all again. They are fascinating

[Maryej43]

Oh my goodness - so many of them. Excellent photo

[Boxplayer]

Just amazing.

[Kathy A]

Goodness me, that’s amazing