Crabs return
At Playa Carrillo, the beach looks like the Normandy Invasion. The sand is pock-marked with holes and sand mounds, about a meter apart..
We see this every year, the morning after the first rain of the season. The holes stretch for a 1/2 kilometer in front of the wetland across the road from the beach.
These are the culprits, red and purple land crabs, about the size of a small fist. It’s a sad fact that many do not make the trek across the road, which is paved in crab shells.
But are they laying eggs in the sand or hatching?
Is THAT what those holes are! Glad to know – thanks!