hermit crabs & co.

a blog for the little critturs.

[crablits]

My terrarium just cracked (side to top!) because I’m an idiot!!! I wedged a sheet of corrugated polycarbonate along the front to keep dirt out of the ventilation system, but it was a little too tight. The pressure from that + the heat lamp = …this. D:

It’s taped up with contact paper on the inside and duct tape in the outside, with a piece of lexan (lid from their old tank) against it to keep them off of it.

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Good news!

A full seven years later I have finally applied aquarium sealant to the cracks!

[crablits]

Crabs are still crabbin'

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you're so beautifol :) may i sense you with my feelers

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of course! let me just-

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Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef

Not all heroes wear capes. Some are crabs.

GOOD NEWS FOR CRAB FANS EVERYWHERE

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Please click through and read the article. It just keeps getting better and better.

Because the crabs are raised in a lab, they don’t have any experience with predators. So before putting them onto the reef, Spadaro and his team may have to condition them to fear things like octopuses, snappers, and groupers. One way to do this is by using puppets modeled after predators. By putting these puppets in the tanks while poking at the crabs, the crabs learn to move away from the threat. Several months ago, Mote partnered with a local elementary school and had students craft hand puppets, modeled after crab predators, to use in fear conditioning. (Fortunately, the crabs don’t have great vision.)

[autumngracy]

"Can you describe your prior work experience?"

"I'm a professional crab botherer."

[organicmatter]

guys i just found out about this site that does a daily guessing game, it’s phylogenetic wordle- so fun!!!

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[crablits]

Oh. Just so everyone knows, I don't use tumblr on desktop anymore so the crabs would be wasted on me :')

[crablits]

Added some new moss and eco earth today

[crablits]

This is Tiny Turtle. I just remembered that I got her at the end of December, 2012. I'd gotten the 20gal tank for xmas and went to get a couple more crabs once I had it set up.

I've had her for just over ten years now 🤯

[crablits]

Here she is next to her original shell!

Her leg span was about the size of a nickle back then - definitely the smallest of the five on purchase.

[crablits]

Guess what? I finally put a light back over the crabitat, so I can take pictures again.

[crablits]

This is Tiny Turtle. I just remembered that I got her at the end of December, 2012. I'd gotten the 20gal tank for xmas and went to get a couple more crabs once I had it set up.

I've had her for just over ten years now 🤯

[crablits]

Look who finally came up from molting! It's been a while!

[prokopetz]

Do you think whenever a big ship sinks in the deep ocean all the specialist organisms that subsist on whalefalls are like “bro, what the fuck is this?”

[crablits]

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Where is she going

[crabstreet]

Another Crab’s Treasure - Official Announcement Trailer (Soulslike Game)

[crablits]

!!!!!

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Babygirl you are preventing me from fast traveling

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