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Says mum Megan Hopefully these hermit crabs last longer They are taken home to Sean s home and the very small plastic tank is their new home They can t breathe properly because there isn t enough humidity for them It gets cold at night and they snuggle up together to get warm Brr One morning Megan looks into the hermit crab tank and finds Barry the hermit crab has left his seashell After some research and learns that they require care and expense than what the pet store advised She visits the Crabstreet Journal Magazine and finds a home for Sean s hermit crabs using the Land Hermit Crab Owners Society Adoption Centre At Sharon s.

Rocky and Crusty are two land hermit crabs from Broome Western Australia who are kidnapped from the beach at sunset by a hermit crab supplier who puts them into a box and sends them via courier to a Sydney pet store They are very scared and huddle together not knowing what will happen next The pet store owner opens the box and takes out Rocky and Crusty and places them in the glass tank They dig down as deep as they can and hide They are huddled together After a while they look around their new home It is so small and overcrowded and there is nowhere to hide They are cold blooded animals and if they are not kept warm they will become inactive to conserve body warmth and eventually die from the stress of the cold They meet Ruff n Tumble who comes from the Northern Territory and has a much darker exoskeleton outer skin than Rocky and Crusty He loves to show off and climb up the driftwood tree and sometimes makes a PLONK noise when he falls He just gets up again and climbs once There s Dennis the Menace always into trouble They also meet Barry who is deep red and comes from Northern Queensland He looks like he has sunburn he is so red A few days later a family appears at the hermit crab tank and buys all five hermit crabs Sean loves hermit crabs but they keep dying on him they are taken to the 6ft crabitat The first thing they notice is that the sand is twenty five centimetres high Plenty to dig down in There are plastic plants coconut huts and half logs to hide in The air is lovely and humid and they can breathe properly It is nice and warm and they are reminded of their homes Read about their adventures in the book Crabnapped A Land Hermit Crab Storysuch an educational read This is a really neat story about hermit crabs but it is chock full of care facts and trivia tidbits about what crabs need and how they live their lives I learned a ton Crabnapped A Land Hermit Crab Story Excellent Read Along BookA great fictional tale with Important true facts about Hermit Crabs and proper Hermit Crab care The second section of the book outlines Hermit Crab facts a care guide and listing of where to obtain proper care supplies Excellent Crabnapped A Land Hermit Crab Story