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Subject:	Re: In defence of hermit crabs
From:	Art Weil <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sun, 14 Oct 2001 17:15:40 -0400
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Dear Hermit-Crab enthusiasts;-
        I have observed hermit crabs attacking shells before they were
born. Maybe someone else has. I have seen tiny hermit crabs using their
pincer to get into whelk eggs. They then eat the whelk and use the tiny
shell as their first home. Location: South Carolina beaches. And, as
Harry intimated, except for one group of E. angulatum, (about 7) every
ep that I have "self-collected" (Ang,, Humph., Rup., and Multistriatum)
have been gathered at low tides and inhabited by hermit crabs.
        Art

"Harry G. Lee" wrote:

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