Good Friends in a Pinch! LHCOS advocates to improve the lives of captive hermit crabs, protect & preserve wild hermit crabs, their habitat & resources.
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Jessica and Heather Join the LHCOS Team lhcos.org/jessica-and-heathe…
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Where do hermit crabs live? youtube.com/watch?v=OomvR1mn… lhcos.org/where-do-hermit-cr…
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Color Your Own! My Best Friend’s A hermit Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt lhcos.org/product/color-your…
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My Best Friend’s a Hermit – Women’s basic organic t-shirt lhcos.org/product/my-best-fr…
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10 Facts About Hermit Crabs youtube.com/shorts/nECMxJTb4… lhcos.org/10-facts-about-her…
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Land Hermit Crab Owners Society retweeted
Oceanic #islands like #Aldabra atoll and the rest of #Seychelles are on the frontline of the battle against #marinepollution and other #ocean debris. With an EEZ of 1.34m sq km, we don't have the #resources to tackle this threat to #marinelife that we are least responsible for.
A hermit crab found at Dune Jean Louis Camp on #Aldabra using the top of a #plastic bottle as its shell.
The @AldabraCleanUp estimates there are currently between 212–814 tonnes of #litter remaining on Aldabra, the largest accumulation reported for any single island. (1/2)
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LHCOS supports Illinois legislation to ban painted hermit crab shells
Painted shells are inhumane, unnecessary and destroy needed natural resource lhcos.org/lhcos-supports-ill…
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Millions of hermit crabs die each year on their way to your home. How is captive breeding changing the future of the hermit crab trade? lhcos.org/changing-the-futur…
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Complete Guide to Land Hermit Crabs and Their Care amzn.to/3phr2WE
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Land Hermit Crab Owners Society retweeted
Day 5 to #CrustMas: Besides being able to glow, these ostracods can also eject glowing mucus as a form of defence against predators. Read more here: science.org/content/article/…
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Photo Credit: Ostracod. Copyright Anna Syme on Creative Commons
Land Hermit Crab Owners Society retweeted
Day 4 of #CrustMas: New issues from the Journal of Crustacean Biology (Volume 42 Issue 4) in paleobiology, physiology, phylogeny and taxonomy!
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Photo Credit: Raninidae. Copyright Corbari L (MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle) on Creative Commons
Land Hermit Crab Owners Society retweeted
The ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata, by grinding lateral comb-like structures in their stomach against the foregut. Read more about this mechanism in Taylor et al’s (2019) Growling from the gut: co-option of the gastric mill for acoustic communication in ghost crabs
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#CrustMas Day 2: . Lying north-east of New Zealand’s North Island, the Scholl Deep is the deepest known point of the Kermadec Trench. Read more about the dive and see what interesting animals they photographed here: niwa.co.nz/news/chinese-and-…
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On Day 1 of #CrustMas, let’s learn about aeglids! Did you know that this group of freshwater anomurans can only be found in the Neotropics ? Check out Bond-Buckup et al’s (2007) paper: Global diversity of crabs (Aeglidae: Anomura: Decapoda) in freshwater
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2023 hermit crab calendar is now available on our website. Our annual calendar features winners from our monthly photo contest and proceeds go to support our programs. #hermitcrabs
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