3D Printers to Save Hermit Crabs

Re:3D Printers to Save Hermit Crabs by mc32 on Monday October 24, 2011 @12:17AM (#3148272)

>One of the challenges is that no one knows yet if hermit crabs will live in man-made plastic shells. And if they will, what shell designs would make the best hermit crab homes.

How come they don't print the kind of shells these crabs regularly scrounge up? I don't know about these crabs, but I imagine they have some favorite shell types they like to use. Ask a marine zoologist, no?

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Re:3D Printers to Save Hermit Crabs by burgerbrain on Monday October 24, 2011 @12:19AM (#3148276)

There could perhaps be a gap between which sort of shells hermit crabs are most commonly able to find, and which kind of shells are ideal for hermit crabs. Furthermore, the difference in material might have an effect.

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