Hermit crab wears horrific doll's head as a shell due to a lack of affordable housing

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Hermit crabs are just like us: they need a safe place to hide from terrible humans.

A crab believed to be found in the Pacific's Pitcairn Islands was recently spotted with a rather unusual shell: a baby doll's head. Typically, hermit crabs use abandoned sea snail shells as their protective shell.

The crab involved is a coconut crab, one of the larger species of hermit crabs. It's not too distant from the crappy hermit crabs you used to buy as a kid at PetCo and then immediately regret purchasing.

It is, however, strangely similar to Babyface from Toy Story. Read more...

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via Zero Tech Blog

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