Land Hermit Crab Owners Society

Good Friends in a Pinch! LHCOS advocates to improve the lives of captive hermit crabs, protect & preserve wild hermit crabs, their habitat & resources.

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Welcome Crabs Gone Wild! https://t.co/DiEbKtM2eG

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Jessica and Heather Join the LHCOS Team https://t.co/FLrC7N9e7q

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Where do hermit crabs live? https://t.co/Jf0hVdodOL https://t.co/DBW4jsapA2

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What do hermit crabs eat? https://t.co/ydQ4vBpBh4

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Color Your Own! My Best Friend’s A hermit Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt https://t.co/wGM8pnZOGE

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My Best Friend’s a Hermit – Women’s basic organic t-shirt https://t.co/8ljxlXMEOP

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10 Facts About Hermit Crabs https://t.co/0STfN3JZr9 https://t.co/dxTIv3kAVT

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Oceanic #islands like #Aldabra atoll and the rest of #Seychelles are on the frontline of the battle against #marinepollution and other #ocean debris. With an EEZ of 1.34m sq km, we don't have the #resources to tackle this threat to #marinelife that we are least responsible for.

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#NationalNutritionMonth #HermitCrabs

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Illinois let's do this! Ban painted shells! #hermitcrabs

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news release
FOR RELEASE AT 7:00 P.M.
MARCH 1, 2023

LHCOS supports Illinois legislation to ban painted hermit crab shells

Painted shells are inhumane, unnecessary and destroy needed natural resource https://t.co/jnWSYVQHFY

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Millions of hermit crabs die each year on their way to your home. How is captive breeding changing the future of the hermit crab trade? https://t.co/uZRccYAXwS

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Complete Guide to Land Hermit Crabs and Their Care https://t.co/lCwLGiJmbO
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Day 5 to #CrustMas: Besides being able to glow, these ostracods can also eject glowing mucus as a form of defence against predators. Read more here: https://t.co/IZBt5r11VC

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Photo Credit: Ostracod. Copyright Anna Syme on Creative Commons

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Day 4 of #CrustMas: New issues from the Journal of Crustacean Biology (Volume 42 Issue 4) in paleobiology, physiology, phylogeny and taxonomy!

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Photo Credit: Raninidae. Copyright Corbari L (MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle) on Creative Commons

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The ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata, by grinding lateral comb-like structures in their stomach against the foregut. Read more about this mechanism in Taylor et al’s (2019) Growling from the gut: co-option of the gastric mill for acoustic communication in ghost crabs

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#CrustMas Day 2: . Lying north-east of New Zealand’s North Island, the Scholl Deep is the deepest known point of the Kermadec Trench. Read more about the dive and see what interesting animals they photographed here: https://t.co/pIQnHjPlyw

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On Day 1 of #CrustMas, let’s learn about aeglids! Did you know that this group of freshwater anomurans can only be found in the Neotropics ? Check out Bond-Buckup et al’s (2007) paper: Global diversity of crabs (Aeglidae: Anomura: Decapoda) in freshwater
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@CrustaceanSoci Thanks for sharing! For years we've been curious about the chirping sound made by Coenobita. Old research says its made by the 'stitch marks' on the large cheliped rubbing on the shell but we debunked that long ago. I wonder if the too growl from the gut! Off to read more.

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Thank you for your support! #hermitcrabs