Orlando
Bloom was named by my teenage daughter. I'm not sure what the real
Orlando Bloom would think of having a hermit crab named after him.
Actually this is the second Orlando, the first was a teenie and died
during a molt. Since my son insisted he was Orlando Doom, it was
decided that we could use the name again. A picture of him is on
Orlando's page. Orlando has changed shells twice since we go
him, The current one is too large allowing him to hide deep
inside. . |
Xavier is not particularly
aggressive and takes a while to come out of his shell. This picture
was taken right after his bath, which is probably why he is showing so
much of himself. His favorite spot to be is in the leaves of the
silk plants in his crabatat. |
Our friendliest crab,
Morpheus Rolls around in his crab ball often because he is too quick to
scurry away when put on the floor. He doesn't mind being held. and
seldom is aggressive in any way. The camera flash didn't even phase
him. |
My
son likes crabs with handles which is why he wanted Shy. I hated
this shell because I constantly found shy stuck somewhere. I was
very happy when he changed into a more manageable shell. Shy
originally did not come out much. He could hide quite well in his
large shell. He is a lot more adventurous now. There are
pictures of him climbing on the plants in the crabitat on his
page. If he's not hiding he's climbing. |
Pele
was the tiniest crab we had ever seen. He has since molted several
times and
changed shells even more often.
Pele is growing quickly and is not as small as shown in this picture any
longer. He also seems to be turning into a very light colored crab. |
We
think Micron is actually smaller than Pele was, but he is wearing a
shell that is too big for him. He is always a very fast little
crab meaning that I have a hard time getting a picture of
him. The opening on the shell shown above is inches. |