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About those Crabs...

About those Crabs...

What is on the beach should stay on the beach

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Hermit crab’s large black eyes and forelegs dominate the white shell covering its soft behind as he crawls along a white sand beach in the middle of the picture.
Hermit crab enjoying new-found home

About those Crabs

Oh hermit crab with 

your sideways walk

What would you say if 

you could talk?

Or, perhaps, 

if we would just

take to you a listen

Would we learn of a truth that would 

make our eyes glisten?

How many of us know

when shell collecting

we go

that those gorgeous shells

that cause our wonder to swell

are actually essent…

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