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#intertidalinvertebrates

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Wanderin' Weeta<p>Hermit crabs are as curious as kittens. Here, a hairy hermit watches me through the glass wall of the aquarium. A common pastime. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a></p>
Wanderin' Weeta<p>Hermit crabs often share their shells with smaller critters. A two-tentacled worm lives with this Hairy hermit; it waves its tentacles out of a hole at the rear of the shell. A mobile base gives the worm access to more food. Does it tickle? The hermit doesn't seem to mind. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a></p>
Wanderin' Weeta<p>Switching shells is a complicated procedure for a hermit crab, whether after a molt or when the present shell is proving uncomfortable. The new shell must be carefully checked inside and out, rolled over, weighed. This grainy hand hermit considers a swap. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a></p>
Wanderin' Weeta<p>A hermit crab out of his borrowed shell is extremely vulnerable to predation. Here a freshly molted hermit waits high in the eelgrass for his new skin to harden, when he'll descend to look for a new shell. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a></p>
Wanderin' Weeta<p>Hermit crabs grow out of the shells they borrow, and go "shopping" for new ones. A wide range of shell types are acceptable. Here, a young hairy hermit wears a shell of the invasive mudflat snail, Battillaria attramentaria, about 5 cm. long. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a></p>
Wanderin' Weeta<p>A hermit crab stack. Two grainy-hand hermits below and a little hairy hermit on top. The one on the bottom never seems to mind the weight; the shells they wear aren't compressible. VancouverIsland <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Eelgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eelgrass</span></a></p>
Wanderin' Weeta<p>Hermit crabs are good climbers. They like high places where they can sit and watch the world go by. Here, a little one climbs the eelgrass. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Eelgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eelgrass</span></a></p>
Susannah<p>Hermit crabs are good climbers. They like high places where they can sit and watch the world go by. Here, a little one climbs the eelgrass. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Eelgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eelgrass</span></a></p>
Wanderin' Weeta<p>Hairy hermit crab, Pagurus hirsutiusculus, wearing a broken shell; the hole exposes the end of his vulnerable, soft abdomen.<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a></p>
Wanderin' Weeta<p>Grainy Hand hermit crab, Pagurus granosimanus. Description in ALT. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a></p>
Susannah<p>Grainy Hand hermit crab, Pagurus granosimanus. Description in ALT. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a></p>
Wanderin' Weeta<p>For 13 years, I maintained an invertebrates aquarium, housing only small critters from local intertidal zones. 13 years! In the aftermath of Covid, I had to give it up. It's been two years now, and I miss my critters, especially the hermit crabs. So I've decided to do a Daily Hermit post here, using photos of those glorious years. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/HermitCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermitCrabs</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/IntertidalInvertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntertidalInvertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyHermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyHermit</span></a></p>
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