June 23, 2010

What Do Crabs Eat?

Yesterday was an awesome day. We spent the morning at the NC Aquarium and spent the afternoon on the beach building castles with Lil C. For dinner, we stayed in and made lobster tails, steamed shrimp, grilled chicken, potato salad and corn on the cob. I washed it down with a Corona Light and lime. The day ended even better than it had started. After over 20 years of coming to the Outer Banks, I finally did the research and followed through so we could make a fire pit on the beach. We had a blast. There is nothing like sitting under the stars, with the surf at your toes, as you roast marshmallows with your family.

In NC, there are tons of little crabs that come out at night. If they creep you out, it's better to go to the beach without a light source. When you see how many of them are, it can be a bit unnerving. Last night, while sitting around the fire pit, a rather large one moved nearby. Mr. BBM started his scientific questioning as per usual and began asking me and my Dad if we knew what crabs ate. They seem to dig little things out of the sand and eat them.

It was then that Mr. BBM rolled up a little piece of marshmallow and threw it in the direction of the crab. It hesitated for just a minute and then quickly moved towards the little balled up cloud of yumminess. Soon, you could hear the little crab claws clicking as he went to town on the marshmallow. When he was finished with the first little balled up marshmallow, he found a second one that Mr. BBM had thrown out.

It turns out Mr. BBM answered his own question last night. Apparently, crabs eat marshmallows.

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