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Put your claws in the air and wave them like you just don’t care! It’s Fiddler Crab Week, and we can’t think of a better way to end the summer than with a week full of intertidal explorations, stinky mud walks, and burrow-building to our hearts’ content. But you’ll have to be quick this week, campers—fiddler crabs are speedy critters! They dash across the sand and slip into their burrows in the blink of an eye. Males are easy to spot with their one giant claw, which they wave back and forth to attract mates, giving them their name. This week, we’ll travel near and far to find all three species: marsh, red-jointed, and sand fiddlers. By the end of the week, campers will be experts at telling them apart. We’ll make crab-claw art, race in crab-walk relays, and spend plenty of time exploring. Quit fiddlin’ around, get sunscreened up, it’s time for summer camp!
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