1.   Naked children splashed gleefully in the shallow water, trying to catch the occasional sand crab before it scuttled underground.

2.   A sensitive chin barbel helps them sniff out the sand crabs.

3.   He loves to dig near the tide where he can create a reservoir for the sand crabs and tiny clams he finds.

4.   My toddler son went with his mother to the pebble beach at the end of the lane and netted baby eels and tried to catch sand crabs.

5.   Others say the rock and the sand crab are the same.

6.   Those who call it a sand crab say the rock crabs are not anywhere near as delicate or sweet.