Who made the sand balls?
“Stay very still and you will see some interesting animals on the sand. They are very small and very sensitive to your footsteps. If you wave your arms around they will think you are a bird and will hide. Pretend you are a tree and they will come out.” This will make visitors get used to not stomping around. To be still and look carefully for small things that will only come out when there is no disturbance. If it’s taking a while for the crabs to come out “While we wait, let’s look around us and I’ll tell you about some of the special ecosystems we can see around us. Meanwhile DON’T MOVE!” • Observing sand balls being made: “Can you see it feeding?” “Did you see one spit out a sand ball?” “Why do you think there are little ‘lanes’ among the heaps of sand balls?” The Sand is Alive! “These tiny crabs are all over the place. You can see some near your feet too! See!!! Every inch of of the shore is alive with creatures. Some of them are small and buried in the sand. Every step we take on
