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Re: how hermetic are Hermit Crabs?
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"Frederick W. Schueler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:41:58 -0400
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Quoting "Harry G. Lee" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Great biblio, Fred.

* that's the wife, not me. I remember the book, but only vaguely.
>
> BTW, the appropriate adjective for the crab and its ilk is "eremitic,"
> not "hermetic" or Hermetic." Those refer to quite different concepts.

* yup, better conceal this thread from the son-in-law, since he wrote
his thesis on a hermit. On the other hand, some of the Hermit Crabs
described in the thread have demonstrated fairly hermetic
sequestration within their shells.

fred.
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> On 6/13/2012 12:01 PM, Frederick W. Schueler wrote:
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Pagoo, by Clancy Holling, the life of a Hermit Crab
>> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:41:33 -0400
>> From: Aleta Karstad <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Frederick W Schueler <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> Gorgeously illustrated with full page tide pool scenes! A childhood
>> favorite, this book began my love of intertidal life.
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Pagoo-Holling-C/dp/0395068266
>>
>> * and of course there's "the hermit, Crab" - Roger Crab, the first
>> English Puritan naturopath - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Crab
>>
>> fred
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>>         South Nation Basin Art & Science Book
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