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November 2008:
"Flower Paradise" |
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| If you are a member of Hermit Crab Paradise, visit the link above to enter the competition. If not, please register first. |
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Survey #023:
What is your second storey made of? |
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| Say NO to Crabinacup sold at Walmart! Such humiliation and animal cruelty against hermit crabs must not be tolerated. |
| Say NO to the painted shells sold in many pet stores! Hermit crabs are not toys, nor are their shells. |
| You can help our protest by signing the petitions and joining many other crabbers in the battle for the respect of hermit crabs. |
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| If Hermit Crab Paradise has proven helpful to you, please link back to us! You may use the 90×90 icon above if you wish, but please upload it to your own server. We appreciate your support! |
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| Six land hermit crab species can be kept as pets in the United States. In Australia, the majority of hermit crabs kept as pets are C. variabilis, although some owners have managed to find C. perlatus, the "strawberry" hermit crab. In Japan, there are two native species of hermit crabs that have been kept as pets. |
| Below highlights some general characteristics of each species. Some hermit crabs may look very different to the rest of their species. For example, not all C. cavipes have red eyestalks, nor are all C. violascens violet in colour. |
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Availability: United States
Eye shape: Spherical
Eyestalks: Dark
Exoskeleton: Dark purple, brown
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Availability: United States
Eye shape: Elongated
Eyestalks: Red
Exoskeleton: Brown, orange, red, blue
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Availability: United States
Eye shape: Spherical
Eyestalks: Light tan
Exoskeleton: Dark red, purple, brown
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Availability: United States
Eye shape: Elongated
Eyestalks: Light tan
Exoskeleton: Bluish grey, brown, tan
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Availability: Australia, United States
Eye shape: Elongated
Eyestalks: Red
Exoskeleton: Red, orange
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Availability: Japan
Eye shape: Elongated
Eyestalks: Light tan
Exoskeleton: Dark purple, brown
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Availability: United States
Eye shape: Elongated
Eyestalks: Light tan
Exoskeleton: Brown, tan, grey
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Availability: Australia
Eye shape: Elongated
Eyestalks: Light tan
Exoskeleton: Tan, brown, dark brown
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Availability: Japan
Eye shape: Elongated
Eyestalks: Dark
Exoskeleton: Violet, brown
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