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    Hermit Crabs And Prabs

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    in mind, Robert Elwood designed his experiments on hermit crabs and prawns to test their abilities to cope with injuries and learn from harmful environments. In his prawns experiment, Elwood brushed acetic acid on their antennae, to which the prawns responded by treating the affected area through complex and prolonged movements of their front legs (Stelling). When he applied brief electric shocks to various areas on hermit crabs and brown crabs, they responded similarly by rubbing their injured

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    Christmas I sat awaiting all of my family members in the heat filled garage that would become much warmer as the night went on. It would be filled with loud laughter and cheering from my whole family. It would be smelling of grandma’s ham she cooked and pretzel salad my mom makes every year. I’m getting anxious as i hear a car pull up outside crunching on the black gravel. I rush to the window and see my cousins step out of the car, I rush to the door to greet them with a big smile on my face

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    little boy who seemed to have his eyes glued to a tank. I walked over and realized that he was watching hermit crabs crawl around. I stared as a hermit crab crawled close to another shell and kept looking at it as if it was thinking about switching shells. Every hermit crab changes shells eventually because, their old shell could get too small or they just feel like trying something new. Once a crab finds a new shell, it then

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    the animal that eats popcorn and honey is Hermit Crabs! Hermit Crabs make cute and wonderful pets. Hermit Crabs are very competitive just like most people and will fight over each other's shell,even if they are wearing it other hermit crabs will try to steal it. My Hermit Crabs are very unique animals just like humans, even hermit crabs have quirks.Yeah you heard me right Hermit crabs have quirks. Cermit The Hermit is my favorite out of the two of my hermit crabs.He is my little baby cause he acts

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    Growing up on a farm has allowed me to learn about many different types of animals. Starting from the beginning of my animal ownership starts with George and Washington. Living on the farm barn cats were always around. When I was about three years old I found these two fur balls. No, I was not a historical genius at the age of three to name them George and Washington, so my dad did. George was grey with beautiful big eyes. Sadly, Washington did not fare so well in appearance. He looked a bit grungy

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    Experiment: To begin the experiment, one must pick out one hermit crab at random from the holding bucket. One person records the data about the species of each hermit crab, the species of the shell it is dwelling in, and anything else of interest about the hermit crab itself regarding its appearance. The recorder then must prepare the stopwatch, as the collector places a hermit crab into the bucket

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    alone. Some relationships between animals are very unusual. Two really unusual relationships is the hermit crab and the sea anemone. Both of them help each other out. The hermit crab uses its pincers to bother the sea anemone and then the anemone gets on the crabs back and while the crab is carrying the anemone and the anemone is protecting the crab from other sea animals. While the anemone is on the crabs back the anemone is getting free food. It is proven that animals have special relationships. Animals

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    Aunt Esther who does not like Micheal. But ends up bonding a relationship with Michael. Soon, Michael decides to bring a hermit crab home with him one day. His Aunt does not really like the hermit crab but she lets him keep it because she wants Michael to be happy. In the end, Aunt Esther is trying to make Michael not as lonely by playing with the hermit crab and buying more crabs. She wants to have a relationship with Michael because she knows that his a having a hard time making friends at school

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    75 miles per hour. 80...85. Grave pressed on the gas. 100 miles per hour. They had to drive him into a corner. They had to keep him contained. But where?.... Grave watched the car in front of him take a left. He spoke into his radio, “ The suspect has taken a left onto highway I-95. Over.” He heard another unknown voice crackle over the speakers, “ Drive him down exit 63 I waiting across the road to cut ‘em off!” As Grave steers the car to the exit, his tires screech with the smell of burning rubber

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    Mau In Nation

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    remarks that “[h]e’d be like mihei gawi, the little blue hermit crab, scuttling from his shell to a new one once a year, easy prey for any passing squid” (16). Shortly after the wave, Mau again identifies as a blue hermit crab, remarking that “he [has] no soul [because he did not undergo the ceremonies that would grant one a man soul]. His boy soul had vanished with the island, and he’d never get a man soul now. He [is] the blue hermit crab, hurrying from one shell to another, and the big shell

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