Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

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Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by karlys » Sat Sep 02, 2017 2:43 pm

Thought you guys might think it's interesting that Papaya picked a Rapana rapiformus to wear last night. I bought the shell without realizing it was on the unpopular list and, once I realized it was, I figured it didn't hurt to keep it in there and I'm glad I did! Because he's a frequent shell changer (this is shell change #5 since I got him vs Egg's zero changes), who knows how long he'll stay in it but I'm glad he's getting some use out of it.

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Re: Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by Happyhermiehome » Sat Sep 02, 2017 7:49 pm

Oh cool! That is a neat Really neat looking shell! beautiful crabbie too :)
Livin' the Crazy crab life :P

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Re: Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by mjjluver » Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:29 pm

Yay! Please post more pictures if you're able. Would be interesting to see


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Re: Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by karlys » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:45 pm

Thanks guys! :) these were the best I could get tonight.

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Re: Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by mjjluver » Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:49 pm

Cool! I wanna see him take a tonna shell next, lol

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Re: Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by PinchersAndShells » Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:35 pm

Holy moly! He's huge!!! :shock: Looks like a happy crab to me!
I always find it so odd when one of my guys pick up a shell that's not preferred.
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Re: Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by karlys » Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:17 am

mjjluver wrote:Cool! I wanna see him take a tonna shell next, lol
I hope he picks one eventually too! He throws them off the shell shop onto the sub. I was putting them back everyday but have given up to every few days lol.
PinchersAndShells wrote:Holy moly! He's huge!!! :shock: Looks like a happy crab to me!
He is huge! So is his companion, Egg. Was able to snap this pic of them together (with the bonus of the tiny E on the right).

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Re: Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by anann » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:34 am

What kind of shell is egg in? I have a crab with a shell like that that is getting big for it.


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Re: Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by karlys » Sun Sep 03, 2017 1:05 pm

anann wrote:What kind of shell is egg in? I have a crab with a shell like that that is getting big for it.
It's called a pink murex :)

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Re: Papaya picked an unpopular shell!

Post by piratetoothgir » Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:13 pm

I have a crab named Papaya too! He's tiny, and in a apple murex. I also have that exact shell in my tat!


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