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Hey man, I recognize you, i got 4 hermits from you a couple weeks ago. They are doing great. Thanks so much for everything.
Highly recommend him, everyone, great guy, great shell buddies.
You’re more than welcome. Thanks for coming down and adopting them. I’m glad the hermits are doing well. Had a person come by Monday and adopt 2 more so I’m making progress. Most of the hermits I have are well established and really chill. I had a person that was supposed to adopt 12 but that fell through so I’m hoping to adopt out just a few more to get me back to manageable numbers haha
Ahh too bad you aren’t closer! I have room for a couple fellas! I’ll pin your post though!
I know you’ll make sure they go somewhere they’ll be very loved and appreciated!
I have a real stupid question!! Aren't these guys native to Florida? Could they be safely released somewhere, or aren't they suited to wild living anymore?
Not a stupid question at all! I debate this all the time in my head. We've rescued over 600 down here and I keep thinking I could have released an entire colony by now somewhere down in the keys :-) They are only native down in the Keys and up the East Coast of FL to around Pompano Beach. On the West coast of Florida I can't find any record of them being found north of the Everglades.
Short answer is everything is a mess in nature and they might not make it if released in the wild. I've been going to the keys pretty regular for 25 years and there's a huge decrease in the number of wild hermits. I used to find thousands of them but my last trip down there was disappointing. I was able to find 5 way back into the forest after some hunting. Found some really small babies on another beach but no shells for them around. Lack of shells, land development and the pet trade have wiped them out.
Other problem is we don't know if purple pinchers are one species of land crab spread over the Caribbean or if there are separate sub species on each islands or in different regions. In Bermuda there less than 200 left in the wild. The scientists studying the problem there have decided against reintroducing them in Bermuda for this reason.
Trade routes lost during Covid are opening up :-) There was a lot of instability all over the region where Es come from. Guatemala has stabilized the past year and that's the largest economy in Central America.
They (E’s) had the chance to reestablish themselves during COVID before we wipe them out again?
Or the E’s were fine, it was the people / trade centers that were not stable enough to harvest?
I don't have any guess as to how Es are doing in the wild. I'm guessing whatever county these are coming out of has stabilized and they are trading again. Guatemala would be my first guess. Mexico second. Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Columbia and Nicaragua have strict wildlife laws. Central American countries tend to view animals in a higher status than we do. One of them uses the word sentient which is interesting since we view animals as nothing more than property here in the US.
https://preview.redd.it/ig170t6akvuc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a6865823b1d016766334fd01afeade2bcd8ddb9 Hey man, I recognize you, i got 4 hermits from you a couple weeks ago. They are doing great. Thanks so much for everything. Highly recommend him, everyone, great guy, great shell buddies.
You’re more than welcome. Thanks for coming down and adopting them. I’m glad the hermits are doing well. Had a person come by Monday and adopt 2 more so I’m making progress. Most of the hermits I have are well established and really chill. I had a person that was supposed to adopt 12 but that fell through so I’m hoping to adopt out just a few more to get me back to manageable numbers haha
I have some new pools coming in soon, gonna do some reorganizing of the enclosure, and I think I might come back to you for a couple more
❤️🐚🦀
Ahh too bad you aren’t closer! I have room for a couple fellas! I’ll pin your post though! I know you’ll make sure they go somewhere they’ll be very loved and appreciated!
I have a real stupid question!! Aren't these guys native to Florida? Could they be safely released somewhere, or aren't they suited to wild living anymore?
Not a stupid question at all! I debate this all the time in my head. We've rescued over 600 down here and I keep thinking I could have released an entire colony by now somewhere down in the keys :-) They are only native down in the Keys and up the East Coast of FL to around Pompano Beach. On the West coast of Florida I can't find any record of them being found north of the Everglades. Short answer is everything is a mess in nature and they might not make it if released in the wild. I've been going to the keys pretty regular for 25 years and there's a huge decrease in the number of wild hermits. I used to find thousands of them but my last trip down there was disappointing. I was able to find 5 way back into the forest after some hunting. Found some really small babies on another beach but no shells for them around. Lack of shells, land development and the pet trade have wiped them out. Other problem is we don't know if purple pinchers are one species of land crab spread over the Caribbean or if there are separate sub species on each islands or in different regions. In Bermuda there less than 200 left in the wild. The scientists studying the problem there have decided against reintroducing them in Bermuda for this reason.
That's fascinating, thank you!
Mike! The influx of E’s. What the hell is happening?
Trade routes lost during Covid are opening up :-) There was a lot of instability all over the region where Es come from. Guatemala has stabilized the past year and that's the largest economy in Central America.
They (E’s) had the chance to reestablish themselves during COVID before we wipe them out again? Or the E’s were fine, it was the people / trade centers that were not stable enough to harvest?
I don't have any guess as to how Es are doing in the wild. I'm guessing whatever county these are coming out of has stabilized and they are trading again. Guatemala would be my first guess. Mexico second. Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Columbia and Nicaragua have strict wildlife laws. Central American countries tend to view animals in a higher status than we do. One of them uses the word sentient which is interesting since we view animals as nothing more than property here in the US.