Surprisingly, hermit crabs have adapted and are using things like bottle caps, light bulbs and plastic cups as shells. A recent study published in Science of The Total Environment found that this ...

Shawn Miller of Make The Switch 4 Nature has made it his life’s mission to provide empty shells for the hermit crabs on the ...

They said two-thirds of hermit crabs species were pictured in "artificial shells" - items that humans ... seeing - they would have a red plastic bottle cap on their back or piece of light bulb." ...

The Trustees of the Natural History Museum A bottle on a littered beach with shells from hermit crabs that were trapped inside The researchers counted how many hazardous containers there were and ...

Sometimes when a new shell turns up, hermit crabs will form a ... Plastic pollution is also a problem for hermit crabs, which often mistake a plastic bottle cap or container for a new home.

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN LEHMANN On Okinawa, Japan, a hermit crab resorts to a plastic bottle cap to protect its soft abdomen. Beachgoers collect the shells the crabs normally use, and they leave trash ...