Travels and designs, beach style
A chilly boat ride took us to Three Sisters, among other places, where we found interesting shells filled with hermit crabs. Often I have seen tiny horse conchs, and a few times we’ve seen massive horse conchs, but this horse conch was medium size. As I waded through the 62 degree water on a 60 […]
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The shell-makers are the mollusks, or sea snails, which begin life as tiny creatures who will make stunning and intricate homes we call shells. The shell thieves are the hermit crabs who take over the shells once the mollusk has died and left it empty. Let’s be clear, they have to steal these shells to […]
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If you read this blog, you have probably grown tired of me talking about hermit crabs, but here I go again! Usually I am complaining that every awesome shell I come across out in the backwater is inhabited by a hermit crab. This time I am going to tell (and show) you just how […]
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The crown shell is beautiful and a nice addition to a seashell collection, if it is not inhabited by the mollusk or a hermit crab.
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My kids had hermit crabs as pets at one time. They lived in a little box and we provided various size shells for them to change into as they grew. (Hermit crabs live in the empty shells of mollusks.) We fed them peanut butter and provided water in a little shell for them to drink. […]
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