SRL for [probe]: Mechanized vacuum cleaners [probe] the sand like giant anteaters ; a whirring ferris wheellike excavator , with buckets instead of seats , chews through layers of compacted sand ; tracks and conveyor belts , shuttling sand to the screening plants , criss - cross the beach .
ARG-0: Mechanized vacuum cleaners | ARG-1: the sand | ARG-M-MNR: like giant anteaters