Thought I'd share a little video clip I snagged a number of months ago of some hermit crabs fighting over a shell. It involves three hermit crabs, one determined to get another out of its shell so it can claim it...and the third decided to join in for a little of the fun.
The clip is about 36 seconds, I played with it a bit (Windows Movie Maker), and the size is 1.3MB. I shot the clip originally with my little Canon A80 camera, while editing I got rid of the background noise of the TV.
yeah, I think I may have found something else that may be neat. but first I gotta burn an audio cd...then rip it to mp3, then I can import it. UGH!!! I have to believe that Quicktime Pro would accept apple's music (even their purchased music).
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If you are thinking of the one from the Nutcracker ballet I believe that it is Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. It is in the public domain so you could probably find a MIDI file.
Ok, I can't believe it took THIS LONG to edit that stupid sound file I decided to use. UGH!
But I think it is pretty cool now. :-) If you watched it when it didn't have any sound, I re-uploaded my file so the link now points to the vid with sound. file size is actually a few K smaller if you can believe it.
enjoy. :-D
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That's the same reason why I have to buy new nassarius every few months *sigh*
If you think those lil' guys are ugly w/o their shell, you should see my kids Land Hermit Crabs without theirs... gross! Like witnessing a sponge bath on a 200 year old
Here's one of the clan.. "Gigas". He's as big as a racquetball. They have others too...all in a 40 gallon long breeder that I've been eyeballing as a reef Anyone know how to kill these crabs? Kidding... We got them on vacation one time when my brother in law said "Oh..get them...they don't last for more than a couple months". So....three years later...they are as big as dogs...and I still don't have my 40 gallon long reef!
If you think those lil' guys are ugly w/o their shell, you should see my kids Land Hermit Crabs without theirs... gross! Like witnessing a sponge bath on a 200 year old
Yeah, I think I'll stick to only getting a glimps of mine every so often.....don't really want to image (past your description) what a large land hermit looks like! :shock:
Hate to admit this, I had thought about getting a land hermit crab a number of years ago. Don't know what I was thinking then, but thankfully I never did act on the thought.
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26 gal bowfront
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