{"id":565,"date":"2014-07-01T15:43:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T19:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2014-07-01T15:43:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T19:43:51","slug":"any-safe-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/practiceconservation.com\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"Any safe haven?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past month, I\u2019ve packed up my belongings and then unpacked them again as I moved between apartments. That got me thinking about animals that travel with their \u2018house\u2019, and so my topic for this month\u2019s posts is hermit crabs. This is a topic that is pretty well unknown to me.<\/p>\n

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During a short period in my adolescence, I and my brother had \u2018pet\u2019 hermit crabs (if you can really call them pets); I don\u2019t remember getting much out of that relationship. I see large numbers of hermit crabs when I\u2019m doing field work on Louisiana\u2019s islands, especially in the marshes, but I don\u2019t know if those numbers have fluctuated recently. Some of my friends study the taxonomic relationships of specific hermit crab species, and so I know that there are some fierce debates raging about how to classify certain hermit crabs, but that really doesn\u2019t tell me about the conservation status of these animals.<\/p>\n

 
\nBecause of their size and ability to blend into their surroundings, I think that hermit crabs can be easy to overlook (until you step on something that starts to move\u2026), but my guess is that they play important roles in various ecosystems, and I imagine that global climate change could cause some problems for these animals as oceans warm and acidify. So this month you\u2019ll get a chance to learn a bit about crustacean conservation and options for getting involved in their preservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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