Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Hermie and Hermett

For Oliver's spring break, we volunteered to care for the class pets, Hermie and Hemett.
Hermie and Hermett are Hermit Crabs.  We don't have any Hermit Crab experience, but we figured that it couldn't be hard and the boys would love it.  For the most part, the crabs just slept in the corners.  That was until we discovered that they LOVE grapes.  Within moments of putting the grapes into their home, Hermie went right after them.  It was awesome!  We hadn't had an opportunity to see them eat and it was quite an education for all of us.  He picked the grape with his claw and then two pinchers came out from near his mouth to take the food into his mouth.  The boys said that it was like his fork and spoon.  It was fascinating.


We loved having Hermie and Hermett here for the week.  We kind of missed them after they were gone, but not enough to go out and buy our own Hermie and Hermett :)

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