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About Those Crabs

About Those Crabs

What's on the Beach Should Stay on the Beach

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Jun 05, 2025
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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 essential pl…

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