The Crabs in Bahia Santa Maria

November 3, 2022

We spent two more days anchored in Bahia Santa Maria, and one of them was spent out enjoying the beach and exploring the sand dunes. 





One cool thing about the beach was all of the crabs.  The crabs seemed to live in the sand, in holes that they maintained above the recent tideline, but they could also be seen scurrying around on the sand around the waterline.  Their holes were clearly marked by being surrounded with little balls of sand, which the crabs roll up and carry out of their holes and place in very unique patterns out from the hole. 
Sometimes we would catch a crab off guard as it was coming out of its hole and it would immediately dart back inside.  Often we scared them as we approached and then they would take off running at full tilt either into the water, or up on to shore towards the safety of their holes.  One time, however, instead of running from us a crab froze.  I took a picture quickly, thinking it would run away at any instant.  Then I crept a little closer and took another picture, a little closer and another picture, I kept doing this until I was crouched down in front of the crab and only a couple of feet away. 
I was very surprised that it did not run away, it skittled sideways a foot or two a couple of times, but then froze once again.  Finally it took off up the beach and into its hole.  They were such cool crabs and always made us smile and laugh as we watched them running about. 
Our last day at anchor in Bahia Santa Maria was spent on board.  It was a windy day, about 30 knots, so we put our kayaks away and spent the day doing boat projects and relaxing.  We planned to head out the following day on the next leg of our journey, as the winds were forecasted to calm down to be perfect sailing conditions.

 

 

 

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  1. ColleenDecember 7, 2022 at 9:42 AM

    Very interesting sea life. The shells and the crabs are very cool. The sun sets are beautiful.
    We are waiting to hear about your new arrival. Hope all is going well.

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