Hermieville is up for you guys to see!

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Hermieville is up for you guys to see!

Post by Thedrawingclaw »

So I've been working a while on this site known as Hermieville. Here is the link to it:
http://hermieville.webs.com/
Let's hope it's good!
Meet my [hermie] family:
Scuttles, Crabzilla, Shelldon, Curlicue, Kujo, and Gigantor
Proud owner of these 6 beautiful PP hermit crabs
R.I.P. Kujo
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Re: Hermieville is up for you guys to see!

Post by Wai »

Just a few issues I found when skimming:

http://hermieville.webs.com/crabbyinfo.htm
  • There aren't over 500 different species of land hermit crabs. The exact figure varies between sources, but it should be no more than roughly 20.
  • When writing out an animal's scientific name, e.g. Coenobita rugosus, the first letter of "rugosus" must be lowercase. "Coenobita rugosus" is correct, while "Coenobita Rugosus" is not.
  • Hermit crabs can live in colonies over 100 crabs, not up to 100.
  • "Take" is probably a better term than "borrow" in referencing to snail shells. If the hermit crab can take the shell, then obviously the snail has died already.
  • Pet store conditioners themselves aren't necessarily toxic, but if they don't do their job properly (i.e. dechlorinate the water), then the tap water will be deadly.
  • "Pagurus behardus" refers to a single species of marine hermit crab, not all land hermit crabs. Each species of land hermit crab has its own unique scientific name.
I haven't read through everything yet.
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