Hermit crabs are decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea. They are not closely related to true crabs.
Most frequently hermit crabs use the shells of sea snails; the tip of the hermit crab's abdomen is adapted to clasp strongly onto the columella of the snail shell. As the hermit crab grows in size, it has to find a larger shell and abandon the previous one.
This habit of living in a second hand shell gives rise to the popular name "hermit crab", by analogy to a hermit who lives alone.
- Wikipedia
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Showing posts with label sea. Show all posts
Monday, June 28, 2010
Little Hermit Crab
Friday, January 11, 2008
The Beauty of Sunsets
After a day of cloud and wind and rain
Sometimes the setting sun breaks out again,
And touching all the darksome woods with light,
Smiles on the fields until they laugh and sing,
Then like a ruby from the horizon's ring,
Drops down into the night.
Sometimes the setting sun breaks out again,
And touching all the darksome woods with light,
Smiles on the fields until they laugh and sing,
Then like a ruby from the horizon's ring,
Drops down into the night.
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sea,
sunset
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Taking in the simplicity of life
Most of the critical things in life, which become
the starting points for human destiny, are little things.
- R. Smith
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
The Vastness of Creation
OCEAN: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Majestic, is He!
Faith in ourselves and faith in God, this is the secret of Greatness, for God is Love.
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nature,
scenic,
sea,
sunset
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