> The phrase: "--inhabited by hermit crabs"--does not make the shell any less of
> a find, discovery, or affect its collectability. Hermit crabs are generally
> decent housekeepers and inhabit only the inhabitable---after dining on the
> original resident.
> Art
--That's except for the land hermit crabs in Pacific Costa Rica, which seem
to secrete an acid that eats out the internal column of the shell, giving
them more living space! Those shells have extra wide apertures after this
treatment!
Peggy
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