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What Tiny Critters Lurk at Night?

DianaT - 8-10-2010 at 02:24 PM

Tiny tracks left behind in the damp dunes.





Just curious if anyone can identify them.

DianaT - 8-10-2010 at 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by fishabductor
they are hermit crab tracks. we have them here, at night go out with a flash light and you can track them down. I have been finding cougan tracks on our dune!!

[Edited on 8-10-2010 by fishabductor]


Cougar tracks! Now that would be real interesting!

Thanks for the info and we will watch for them.

Mulegena - 8-10-2010 at 06:53 PM

Hermit crabs, snakes and mice-- great fun when you're sleeping out on the beach at night!

RnR - 8-11-2010 at 09:24 AM

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Originally posted by fishabductor
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Originally posted by Mulegena
Hermit crabs, snakes and mice-- great fun when you're sleeping out on the beach at night!



We used to walk the beaches barefoot at night without flashlights...one night we drove the quad down and saw 2 rattlers on the beach in the same area we fish at night...from then on out it was flashlights and shoes....


...and lots of sporpions, too!


I would have never guessed to find rattlers on the beach!!

DianaT - 8-11-2010 at 12:22 PM

Not just at night, but during the day I don't walk through the dunes barefoot----seen too many sorpions, centipedes, velvet ants, red ants, and other stinging creatures that live there.

I just hope any and all snakes stay asleep and hidden during the day. I know they are there, but out of sight, out of mind. :biggrin:

I love seeing the tracks in the morning because they tell about life after dark in the dunes, and once the sand dries, and there is a little breeze, the evidence of that life disappears.

[Edited on 8-11-2010 by DianaT]

FOUR AM GHOST AT RANCHO EL METATE

ELINVESTIG8R - 8-11-2010 at 12:51 PM







Hopefully you will not consider this a hijack! David

CHUPACABRAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....

Mulegena - 8-11-2010 at 01:01 PM

DianaT - 8-11-2010 at 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by ELINVESTIG8R


Hopefully you will not consider this a hijack! David


NO, not at all----the often hidden life at night is interesting, ---in all forms.

We have seen a few strange things in the night sky around here----:yes:

ELINVESTIG8R - 8-11-2010 at 03:55 PM

DianaT, Thanks... David