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'Crab army' marches on Massachusetts beach

By Daniel Uria
A horde of thousands of tiny fiddler crabs formed a massive "crab army" near an estuary in Massachusetts. 
 Screen capture/Wareham Department of Natural Resources/Facebook
A horde of thousands of tiny fiddler crabs formed a massive "crab army" near an estuary in Massachusetts. Screen capture/Wareham Department of Natural Resources/Facebook

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July 20 (UPI) -- An "army" of thousands of fiddler crabs were spotted crawling along the shore of a Massachusetts beach on Wednesday.

Wareham Department of Natural Resources shared videos of the horde of tiny crabs walking along an estuary.

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"Fiddler crab army marching on Little Harbor Beach Estuary!" the department wrote.

The "crab army" moved together in various directions, climbing over each other forming a massive pile near the estuary.

Fiddler crabs are known to inhabit tidal marshes and the department said the crabs make the pilgrimage along the estuary "all summer long" every year.

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