found this while browsing the web...kinda interesting. has anybody seen this article before?
http://destroytoday.com/blog/2009/08/he ... ow-stones/
Interesting thing I found on the net
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Gizaroo
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Interesting thing I found on the net
"My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian."- Robert E. Lee
"If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag."-author unknown
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"If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag."-author unknown
Owned by 2 Belgian malinois, 1 mixed breed, 3 parrots, 3 bettas and 6 hermies: Blu, Skip, Theo, Scuttles, Spudnut, and 3 new E's. Rip Blaze,Luka, and Banjo.
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Hermitcrazy
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Re: Interesting thing I found on the net
Yes interesting, I have considered buying some from here http://www.glassshell.com/ but I don't think a hermit crab would like the see through shell 
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ladybug15057
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Re: Interesting thing I found on the net
Yes, this has been around for a few years now. From what I have read so far hermies have not actually willingly moved into this shell in captivity. But in the wild where shells are so scarce they are known to move into garbage (bottle caps, broken bottle tops, etc) just to have some form of shelter over their soft abdomens.
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crypticlaman
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Re: Interesting thing I found on the net
I think its great for study, that is if study means observation. I wouldnt recommend it for a conversation piece. Replicating nature as closely as possible seems the nicest way to do things. I wouldnt like it if someone took my walls and made them glass...I suppose for the studies its ok because the more we learn the better we can care for them. They wouldnt use them if they were that bad right? I feel like im arguing with myself on this subject. 
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ladybug15057
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Re: Interesting thing I found on the net
Or made our clothes see through? 
Sort of defeats when a hermie withdraws into their shell... I wonder how stressed they would become still being able to see out as opposed to feeling they are hiding?
Sort of defeats when a hermie withdraws into their shell... I wonder how stressed they would become still being able to see out as opposed to feeling they are hiding?Marie (aka ladybug15057)
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