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Pseudofeces | The Salt Marsh

These tiny balls of sand or mud, perfectly round, are called pseudofeces because they look like fecal pellets. Like true feces, they are bits of indigestible material, but they have never passed through the gut of the fiddler crabs. Large balls of sediment, which are excavated from their burrows, often surround the entrances.

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Male Fiddler Behavior | The Salt Marsh
Male fiddler crabs have one large claw, which can be either their left or right. They wave these large claws at other males to frighten them away from their territory. When they wave the claw, they...
White Ibis | The Salt Marsh

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White Ibis | The Salt Marsh
White ibis use their long, curved bills to probe into the burrows of the fiddler crabs and pull them out to eat. IBIS. Along with the clapper rail, white ibis are the major bird consumers of the salt...