Crab With Spiked Shell Okinawa

Shawn began photographing the hermit crabs of Okinawa after stumbling across one in 2010 that was using a plastic bottle cap for a shell. Following his initial find, he became more aware of the plastic waste on the beaches and decided to document the 'plight of the hermit crab' in a series of images taken over many years.

The shell shack is an old wooden shed filled with boxes of imported craft shells from the Philippines. The hermit crabs found an opening and took advantage of this real estate. Meet Crabzilla! - The most aggressive crab I have encountered on Okinawa. Coconut crabs are fearless and have bone crushing power. You do not want to get caught by

Coconut crabs, Birgus latro, are the world's largest land-living arthropods. Okinawa is the northernmost habitat for the species. They hibernate during the winter, and are nocturnal, so many Okinawans have never seen one. The crabs can grow up to 3 kilos, and have large powerful claws. They are scavengers and usually eat fallen fruit from

Coconut Crab Scientific name Birgus latro Taxonomy Order Decapoda, Family Coenobitidae Size V10 cm to 30 cm width of the shell Species Distribution Indo-Pacific South Pacific Ocean, Okinawa Island and surrounding islands, Miyako Island, Yaeyama, Ogasawara, Tokara Groups Okinawan Common Name

Trading plastic four shells 173 quotCrabs with beach trash homes by Shawn Millerquot Beach trash home 173 collected - This blueberry hermit crab was found adapting with a pink plastic cap TP made the switch into a donated shell. Thank you for all the worldwide shell donations. They are helping us make a difference One crab at a time. Location Yomitan, Okinawa

Meet Jet Black, A blueberry hermit crab found adapting with a discarded plastic twist top cap. The hermit crab was offered an assortment of shells. Jet Black made the switch into the donated seashell quot MTS4N 391 LIZA N MAGS OCEANBNB quot I photographed the shy hermit crab in its new home, then released it back into the wild.

Hermit crab with a really cool shell moseying along on a beach near Higashi Village, Okinawa, Japan. 30 Aug, 08.

The shell shack is an old wooden shed filled with boxes of imported craft shells from the Philippines. The hermit crabs found an opening and took advantage of this real estate. This shell is native to the Philippines and is twice the size of any land snail on Okinawa. The muffin shell is a perfect mobile home for the land hermit crabs. It

The donated shells are placed in the costal forests where blueberry hermit crabs spend their time while on land in the hope that the crabs will find them and use them instead of using trash. Before placing the shells in the forests, I mark the seashells with the characters quotmts4n,quot which stand for quotmake the switch for naturequot and I

In Okinawa, the Coconut Crab has been traditionally consumed as a delicacy, but due to a decline in population, it is now a protected species and is rarely available for consumption. The Coconut Crab's distinctive rich flavor comes from the tender meat and the savory quotmisoquot within its shell.