Mayor: Migrating shorebirds stop at our beach just to feed on horseshoe-crab eggs, a phenomenon that attracts tourists  To bring more tourists, the town council plans to undertake a beach reclamation project to double the area available to crabs for nesting
Birdwatcher: Without a high density of crabs on a beach, migrating shorebirds will go hungry because shorebirds only eat eggs that a crab happens to uncover when it is digging its own nest
Horseshoe crabs are so prolific that given favorable circumstances their numbers increase rapidly.