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Old 06-16-2008, 03:22 AM   #7 (permalink)
Hildegarde
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Default Re: Man-made shells?

I'm talking about hermit crabs in the wild. While this person is doing his experiment on captured crabs (at least that's what I was led to believe) this type of shell would be used for crabs in the wild, so they don't have to sport the latest in medicine vials or the containers picture film comes in.
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