This week we are studying Hermit Crabs. When my son was 2, Grandma and Grandpa went to Florida and brought back two Hermit Crabs. Flash forward 5 years later and we still have 1. One of them died about a year ago. He survived being thrown away the summer before. We thought he was dead but it was actually his molted skin sticking out of his shell (he was hiding inside). I had a bad feeling and went back to the trash can to find him trying to crawl out. Sorry there little guy! He got started acting super funny and wouldn't stay in a shell and I think he got too cold outside of a shell and died without a shell. He was our favorite. He was Bash. The other one, Dash, we hardly ever saw but after Bash died he came out a lot more. He likes to bury himself in the substrate and stay there. Bash lived for high spaces. They talked to each other loudly a lot of nights, which would completely freak me out and then I'd realize that it was the crabs. It's certainly been an adventure. Dash is monstrous in size now and when he croaks we will not be replacing them. But it has been kind of fun learning about them and how to take care of them. SOOOO for this week, I thought the kids would like to focus on them too. Get the facts and activities here. Enjoy!
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