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Wanderin' Weeta 馃崄
Wanderin' Weeta 馃崄
@WWeeta@flipping.rocks  路  activity timestamp 6 months ago

Why we leave pretty shells on the beach where we found them. Growing hermits need decent outfits to live safely. Here, a rescue Hairy waits for transfer to a tank provided with intact shells in her size. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

A hermit crab in a broken shell. Only part of the first whorl remains and there is no spiral to shelter the hermit's tender abdomen. This is an older hermit; her carapace is rough and hosts small organisms. She shares the broken shell with a reddish amphipod.
The hermit is mostly green and brown; there's barely a hint of blue at the knees. The shell, what there is of it, is rough and lumpy; the central pillar projects through what would be the second spiral whorl, now without walls, and is snapped off there.
The hermit sits, for now, in a white bowl.

A word of explanation: without traumatizing a hermit, there's no way to determine the sex unless she's carrying young. And she has too much personality (and intelligence) to call her an "it". And "they/them" gets confusing in a community setting. So I alternate between calling them she and he. It's a matter of respect.
A hermit crab in a broken shell. Only part of the first whorl remains and there is no spiral to shelter the hermit's tender abdomen. This is an older hermit; her carapace is rough and hosts small organisms. She shares the broken shell with a reddish amphipod. The hermit is mostly green and brown; there's barely a hint of blue at the knees. The shell, what there is of it, is rough and lumpy; the central pillar projects through what would be the second spiral whorl, now without walls, and is snapped off there. The hermit sits, for now, in a white bowl. A word of explanation: without traumatizing a hermit, there's no way to determine the sex unless she's carrying young. And she has too much personality (and intelligence) to call her an "it". And "they/them" gets confusing in a community setting. So I alternate between calling them she and he. It's a matter of respect.
A hermit crab in a broken shell. Only part of the first whorl remains and there is no spiral to shelter the hermit's tender abdomen. This is an older hermit; her carapace is rough and hosts small organisms. She shares the broken shell with a reddish amphipod. The hermit is mostly green and brown; there's barely a hint of blue at the knees. The shell, what there is of it, is rough and lumpy; the central pillar projects through what would be the second spiral whorl, now without walls, and is snapped off there. The hermit sits, for now, in a white bowl. A word of explanation: without traumatizing a hermit, there's no way to determine the sex unless she's carrying young. And she has too much personality (and intelligence) to call her an "it". And "they/them" gets confusing in a community setting. So I alternate between calling them she and he. It's a matter of respect.
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