I came across the existence of these delightful artists quite by accident on the Environmental Graffiti website. And, since they are denizens of this part of the world, I am looking forward to encountering sand bubbler crabs up front and personal. As Simone, who wrote the article, comments, "At low tide, the sand bubbler crabs emerge from their holes beneath the sand to gather microscopic food that the tide has brought along. They do this by collecting and sifting the sand, actually checking each grain, and rolling those parts devoid of anything useful for them into little balls (sand bubbles) that they toss behind."
Included in Simone's piece is a must-watch video - as she says, a little slow to start, but the excitement gathers pace. For more fun images and examples of the artists' work, see http://doggywisdom.blogspot.com/2010/06/sand-bubbler-crab-face-of-week-2.html, and http://geo-venture.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-does-sand-bubbler-crab-form-tiny.html.
[Header image from Horizon2035's photostream; images above from Pawprints in the Sands of Time and George Scholz's photostream]
The concentric arcs are amazing. Like crop circles.
Posted by: Richard Bready | August 01, 2011 at 05:40 AM