HCA: Hermit Crab Association

The entire box experience was even more stressful than taking a molt! After what seemed like years, the crate lid was jerked off its hinges. A beam of light shown down on us. It stung our eyes, as we were so accustomed to the dark after being in that pitch black box. We could finally see what those ...

"Congrejos, Uds. hablan en español?"
"What?! I can't understand you!"
There were so many different crabs, including red ones, ghostly white ones, and even blue ones!
"मुझे डर लग रहा!" mumbled a really big, purple one.
What will become of us? I thought.

This is a game where each person is their own unique hermit crab (not one you own, one that you made up) and we make an ongoing story about what happens to them. Here is the beginning. I was traveling with hundreds of other crabs down to the beach, just like we do every year. It was time to breed, a...

You are so lucky to be able to house so many wonderful crabs! How many do you have in all?