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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanMay 5, 09 Comments Off
 hermit-crab-in-a-fossil-shell Good morning all, just to tired last night to get this out. We again had a very busy day at the Curacao Sea Aquarium which obviously is good for business! I did load up the dogs and took them for a fun evening hike to the ocean after work, maybe that’s what finished me off?
Here is my newest hermit crab, the one I found the morning Indi swam out to that little island and claimed it as her own, remember? When I first walked by this patch of moss sedum I saw this fossil murex just sitting there as if someone had “placed it” just for me to find, like maybe the Easter bunny? Well after grabbing it and looking inside I found out much to my disappointment that it already had an owner. These fossil shells erode out of the cliff, roll down to the waters edge, get washed in the tide for months or years and then get re-found and re-used again by these hermit crabs. I have accidentally dug these fossil shells up on many of the trails I have built over the years and each time “if I don’t bring them home” I gently tap them on a rock to get the plug of dirt out then wash them and leave them along the trail for a lucky crab to find. I had to patiently wait for this crab to come out, he was pretty scared but after five minutes or so he popped out and slowly went on his way most likely to find a cave to hind in for the rest of the day.
I have a correction on the books from Tom that I told you about yesterday, The postcard book Desert Rain, Desert Bloom is out of print. And the ISBN of the Second Edition (2004) of THE SOUTHWEST INSIDE OUT is 1879728044. There are a lot of used book dealers (including Amazon.com) pushing sales of the older 2001 edition. I did get one e-mail saying that one of you found this book at Borders and like I said it was great! Many thanks for the support guys!
I am off today, heading out to walk the dogs and take photos first then I have stuff to do around town. Have a great day, Sunny regards, Barry
05-04-2009
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