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These Acrobatic Beach Hoppers Shred All Night Long

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These Acrobatic Beach Hoppers Shred All Night Long

Season 8 Episode 3 | 4m 11s | CC

As the sun sets, hordes of tiny crustaceans called beach hoppers – also known as sand hoppers – emerge from underground burrows to frolic and feast. They eat so much decaying seaweed and other beach wrack that by morning all that’s left are ghostly outlines in the sand.

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