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May 14, 2024
03:40 PM AEST
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May 8, 2024
10:23 AM CST
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November 19, 2017
05:33 PM HST
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March 17, 2023
03:10 PM CST
Description
Cangrejo ermitaño dentro de una botella
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May 7, 2023
06:37 AM PDT
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December 4, 2023
08:36 PM CET
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April 27, 2024
06:35 PM UTC
Place
Missing Location
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April 25, 2024
12:02 PM SAST
Description
large numbers on the beach
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January 6, 2020
10:13 PM KST
Description
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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March 25, 2024
08:03 PM UTC
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March 23, 2024
04:18 PM UTC
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March 21, 2024
01:59 AM JST
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March 11, 2024
09:51 PM EDT
Description
With a shell of steel!
¡Con una concha de acero!
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March 7, 2024
11:37 PM UTC
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March 4, 2024
11:41 PM EST
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February 24, 2024
12:18 AM UTC
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February 6, 2024
01:10 PM WIB
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January 31, 2024
08:59 PM WIB
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June 3, 2021
06:02 PM +07
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May 3, 2017
10:13 PM PDT
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July 19, 2019
11:43 AM UTC
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November 7, 2021
10:26 AM UTC
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December 9, 2021
02:34 AM UTC
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January 18, 2020
02:14 PM EST
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January 22, 2022
10:41 PM SST
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September 8, 2018
12:55 AM +08
Description
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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November 7, 2021
10:45 AM UTC
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May 9, 2022
10:02 PM CDT
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May 19, 2022
08:59 AM UTC
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June 12, 2022
07:22 PM PDT
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June 18, 2022
06:53 PM ChST
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January 8, 2021
05:42 AM EST
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April 30, 2021
08:08 PM CST
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April 30, 2021
08:08 PM CST
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May 2, 2023
04:59 AM UTC
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February 21, 2023
11:43 AM JST
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October 18, 2022
09:20 PM AEDT
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April 2, 2023
03:04 PM PDT
Description
Couldn't find a shell. It's living in an old seed pod.
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February 2, 2018
10:11 PM CST
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December 23, 2017
02:03 PM CET
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December 14, 2023
01:38 AM CST
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November 28, 2023
05:18 PM UTC
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March 18, 2022
09:46 AM AEST
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February 11, 2022
09:08 PM ChST
Description
This was within a foot of the other one with plastic “shell”.
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February 11, 2022
09:06 PM ChST
Description
Picture is blurry, crab kept moving. Plastic bottle cap instead of a shell.
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January 27, 2022
08:35 PM UTC
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July 13, 2022
02:31 PM UTC
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May 9, 2023
12:17 AM CEST
Description
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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September 9, 2022
03:34 AM UTC
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January 17, 2024
04:33 PM UTC
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January 17, 2024
08:56 AM UTC
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January 4, 2024
06:59 PM ChST
Description
Plastic bottle cap for shell
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December 31, 2023
07:40 PM WITA
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July 24, 2023
10:54 AM -05
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August 15, 2023
05:05 PM EDT
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November 27, 2023
10:06 AM CST
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December 7, 2023
07:01 PM UTC
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December 11, 2023
08:47 PM UTC
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December 30, 2023
09:44 AM EST
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December 29, 2023
05:07 PM JST
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December 28, 2023
05:58 AM UTC
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December 22, 2023
12:30 PM EST
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December 24, 2023
08:32 AM JST
Description
Project: Crabs with beach trash homes
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December 16, 2023
06:50 AM JST
Description
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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December 8, 2023
10:42 PM HKT
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November 10, 2023
07:35 AM JST
Description
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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November 6, 2023
12:49 PM UTC
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November 6, 2023
08:01 PM UTC
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October 26, 2023
04:21 AM UTC
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October 26, 2023
07:09 PM ChST
Description
Plastic bottle cap for a shell
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October 3, 2023
04:46 PM SST
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October 3, 2023
12:44 PM CST
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October 3, 2023
08:17 AM NZDT
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September 29, 2023
06:12 PM ChST
Description
Melted plastic mouth of bottle for a shell.
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September 28, 2023
08:39 AM UTC
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September 15, 2023
12:12 AM UTC
Description
Using a freshwater snail shell of an exotic species Pomacea sp.
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September 17, 2023
05:59 PM ChST
Description
Green glass bottle mouth and cap instead of plastic shell this time.
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September 12, 2023
07:55 PM ChST
Description
Another plastic-shelled hermit crab
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September 3, 2023
03:19 AM UTC
Description
Glass jar used as a shell. Several individuals nearby with giant African snail shells of similar size
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September 6, 2023
08:38 PM UTC
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December 15, 2022
02:37 PM WIB
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April 18, 2023
01:14 AM UTC
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August 19, 2023
06:03 PM ChST
Description
Shell is plastic with metal spring.
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November 4, 2021
04:07 PM CDT
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May 28, 2023
08:39 AM JST
Description
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...
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May 6, 2022
02:08 PM IDT
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June 27, 2019
08:44 PM PDT
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April 17, 2023
09:44 AM UTC