Just a snapshot of a Hermit Crab in a Common Whelk shell found at low tide on Burry Holms, Rhossili Bay, in Gower.
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How droll they are! No wonder people have them for pets.
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Do they really have them for pets? I have never heard of that.
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Mmmmm, looks tasty
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You’d need at lot of them to make a decent meal.
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That is so cute!!!
Yes, you can buy them as pets; have had to talk himself out of it a few times over the years.
I sometimes think I am a human hermit crab….
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How do people keep hermit crabs as pets? Keeping a marine aquarium going and the animals healthy is really difficult. A hermit crab is for life – not just for Christmas – and the crab’s life is likely to be very short if kept as a pet, surely?
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