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Caribbean Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus)Observer
itonny08Description
Cangrejo ermitaño dentro de una botella
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Coconut Crab (Birgus latro)Observer
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Missing LocationDescription
large numbers on the beach
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
wonwoongDescription
This poor fellow is living in a plastic waste. Biggest land hermit crab I've ever seen. Observed under palm trees at night.
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Caribbean Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus)Observer
pantherophisDescription
With a shell of steel!
¡Con una concha de acero!
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
traccDescription
With shells being taken from the beaches, more and more frequently we find our hermit crabs living in bits of trash.
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
ninampDescription
Blue plastic “shell”
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
uwkwajDescription
Couldn't find a shell. It's living in an old seed pod.
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
ninampDescription
This was within a foot of the other one with plastic “shell”.
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
ninampDescription
Picture is blurry, crab kept moving. Plastic bottle cap instead of a shell.
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
martin_the_mako_kostalDescription
The previous inhabitants of the home of this crustacean were sradines in a spicy sauce. He seemed very happy in his hypermodern dwelling, even gaining a bonus to his movement speed... at the expense of charisma. :-)
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
ninampDescription
Plastic bottle cap for shell
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Blueberry Hermit Crab (Coenobita purpureus)Observer
okinawanaturephotographyDescription
Project: Crabs with beach trash homes
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Blueberry Hermit Crab (Coenobita purpureus)Observer
okinawanaturephotographyDescription
Coenobita purpureus adapting with plastic
A blueberry hermit crab found adapting with a plastic soap cap.
Beach trash home # 152 collected
Learn more about the #mts4n hermit crab project
okinawanaturephotography.com/zerocare-mts4n-282-trading-p...
Interested in supporting The Coastal Forest Protection Project:
www.patreon.com/MakeTheSwitch4Nature
Okinawan shell collectors & beachcombers: Please save some seashells for the hermit crabs. #taketrashnothomes
Do you have any seashells collecting dust at home? If so, consider donating them to the #You MTS4N Project.
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Blueberry Hermit Crab (Coenobita purpureus)Observer
okinawanaturephotographyDescription
A blueberry hermit crab found adapting with a plastic candy cap. - Mr. Blue falcon hermit made the switch into a donated turbo shell.
Beach trash home # 143 collected
Learn more about the #mts4n hermit crab project
okinawanaturephotography.com/zerocare-mts4n-282-trading-p...
Interested in supporting The Coastal Forest Protection Project:
www.patreon.com/MakeTheSwitch4Nature
Okinawan shell collectors & beachcombers: Please save some seashells for thermit crabs. #taketrashnothomes
Do you have any seashells collecting dust at home? If so, consider donating them to the #You MTS4N Project.
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Forest Hermit Crab (Coenobita spinosus)Observer
ninampDescription
Plastic bottle cap for a shell
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
ninampDescription
Melted plastic mouth of bottle for a shell.
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Caribbean Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus)Observer
roquibelloDescription
Using a freshwater snail shell of an exotic species Pomacea sp.
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
ninampDescription
Green glass bottle mouth and cap instead of plastic shell this time.
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
ninampDescription
Another plastic-shelled hermit crab
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
entomologist_of_mysteryDescription
Glass jar used as a shell. Several individuals nearby with giant African snail shells of similar size
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Indo Hermit Crab (Coenobita brevimanus)Observer
ninampDescription
Shell is plastic with metal spring.
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Viola Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita violascens)Observer
ulexeuropaeusDescription
Line up, wait your turn
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Blueberry Hermit Crab (Coenobita purpureus)Observer
okinawanaturephotographyDescription
One of my strangest finds so far. Crabs with beach trash by Shawn Miller. I found a blueberry hermit crab tonight adapting with a lug nut cover. Found naturally using man made items.
Photographed using the Light&Motion Stella 2000 and iPhoneApple 8
Iphone photography by Shawn Miller
Okinawa, Japan
Read more about this Project
okinawanaturephotography.com/crabs-with-beach-trash-homes...
