Crabs with beach trash homes - Okinawa, Japan

Crabs with beach trash homes by Shawn Miller. This is a good example of Adaptive behavior.

A Blueberry hermit crab (Coenobita purpureus )

Using a plastic cap as a protective home.

Location: Northern, Okinawa

 

* All Coenobita species in Okinawa are recognized as a Living Natural Monument.

 

TEDX OIST talk on subject by Shawn Miller www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6FWCyVQcNA

 

*Found four Crabs with plastic shelters this night!

 

Read more about this project

okinawanaturephotography.com/crabs-with-beach-trash-homes...

 

My series has been featured on-

www.businessinsider.com/hermit-crabs-using-trash-as-homes... www.nationalgeographic.nl/galerij/10x-krabben-in-huisjes-...

petapixel.com/2016/08/30/photos-hermit-crabs-beach-trash-...

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-trash-homes-of-hermit-c...

www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/crabs-are-reso...

www.thedodo.com/hermit-crabs-trash-shells-2001062931.html

www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/oceans-so-polluted-crabs...

www.plethorist.com/crabs-adapt-and-uses-plastic-caps-as-h...

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/science/crabs-living...

www.hypedojo.com/you-wont-believe-what-these-hermit-crabs...

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