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Painted Shells; Hermit crab Death Traps

Hermit crabs can't and won't wear painted shells because the paint flakes, and becomes

scratchey and dangerous shells. They can scrape the crabs abdomen witch contains the heart, liver and stomach.

People Drill holes into the crabs old shells and sthb the abdomen with a pin until the abdomen becomes to damaged for the crab to hold itself in the shell. then they force the crabs into the painted shells. People haye been arrested for this reason.

Please be kind to your helpless pets and Say NO to painted shells!!!
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