HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I'm late to the party, but if you want to check international policies for trade in specific species you can go to the CITES website. CITES is the largest and most successful piece of international legislation regarding trade in exotic animals. There is a link to the CITES database where you can fi...

I would love to be able to see him in person.. need to get one as a pet lol

And their strength is really alarming... a full grown specimen has a pinchy strength of 3000 newtons (- that's nearly 675 lbs. of force) which is roughly comperable to a lion's bite. It's more powerful than a large shark's bite. For comparison, a dog's bite is roughly 325 lbs... so we're talking ab...

Wish more people cared about this topic

LadyJinglyJones wrote:Yup! I'm just beginning to explore crab phylogeny (the ways they are thought to be related/decended) and it's pretty cool! If you are interested, I have a paper I don't mind summing up for ya in a PM.

Sure! That sounds pretty dope!

It is believed that true king crabs are descended from hermits by some people. I cannot now unsee the resemblance especially from the backside of a king crab to coconut crabs.

Such deep soulful eyes!

A better question would be could you breed birgus latro with another land hermit crab...

Please keep us updated!

Was wondering if anyone has any experience with these? Aegla are to squat lobsters as crayfish are to lobsters it seems like. Squat lobsters are actually closer to being crabs as well.

Do you have any more pics? They're quite cool!

shanedaman112 wrote:From what I know, they're rare and were thought to be extinct until fairly recently. That's probably why there aren't any videos out there. I could be wrong though. Anywho, They're awesome. Crustaceans are my favorite type of animal.

Yeah would be interesting to see a video

wolfnipplechips wrote:You can import them for food. I planned if I ever won a lottery and set up my dream crabitat (industrial sized greenhouse turned into half jungle half beach), I'd order a couple. They are so neat!

My plans as well!

For scientific study there is no reason to keep them alive - they aren't going to fuss with keeping them since they'll have to prove they were treated humanely the entire time and it falls intp a different and much more stringent category of oversight. The scientific community permits scientist to ...

I always wanted to come across one.