Hundreds on the beach and in the tidepools in this cove. The large Anthopleura sola were disgorging big red piles of crab exoskeleton and the shore crabs were playing tug-o-war with some of the dead ones. The third photo shows the beach tinged red with dead crabs.
0525 PDT during Cabrillo National Monument Bioblitz. One of thousands feedings or stranded during previous high tide. This three photo sequence shows feeding behavior.