Two-Lane Contemplations

Two-Lane Contemplations

The Not-So-Great Hermit Crab Rescue

I did what I could.

Oct 16, 2022
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shallow focus photography of hermit crab on top of wood
Photo by Ahmed Sobah on Unsplash

When I was a child, I had a pet hermit crab I named “Clipper.” We had a family dog, but Clipper was mine. He lived in a ten-gallon tank in my bedroom, where I spent a good portion of my time reading books and listening to WXIL, the Parkersburg radio station, on my clock radio.

Like all crabs, the hermit crab is a decapod…

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