Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish

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Hermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish

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Environment@beehaw.org · 10 months ago

Hermit crabs all over the world, which scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are turning increasingly to plastic waste instead.

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