Taitung hermit crabs found using plastic waste as shells
三仙台悲情寄居蟹 學者痛心:牠們幾乎都背著垃圾殼
While studying hermit crabs in Taitung County’s Sanxiantai area last month, Professor Chiu Yuh-wen of National Cheng Kung University recorded 14 Coenobita brevimanus — a species of land hermit crab — using discarded plastic as their shells. Even when they were able to find shells, the shells were either broken or too small to provide proper coverage and protection.
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