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Artist 3D-Prints City-Shaped Shells For Hermit Crabs
Japanese artist Aki Inomata has partnered with, of all things, hermit crabs, to create a brilliant architectural art project. Using a 3D printer, Inomata created clear plastic shells with cities on them that were then promptly inhabited by their new hermit crab residents.
Hermit crabs usually inhabit vacated snail shells, but in their absence, they’ve been known to inhabit pieces of wood, stone or plastic, so their “partnership” with Inomata isn’t all that strange. Instead of their usual shells, Inomata provided them with tiny works of art to carry on their backs. The series is aptly titled “Why Not Hand Over a ‘Shelter’ to Hermit Crabs?”
Check out the videos below, where you get to see how the shells were made and how the hermit crabs moved in to their new homes.
More info: aki-inomata.com (h/t: spoon-tamago)
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Why Not Hand Over a “Shelter” to Hermit Crabs?
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Ainsley NO 10 months ago
Please don’t put hermit crabs in glass shells! It’s not good for them and many overheat! Same with painted shells except the also produce toxins!
Pete Taylor 7 years ago
putting plastic in the ocean as food for other sea creatures and birds!! why?
Ainsley NO 10 months ago
Please don’t put hermit crabs in glass shells! It’s not good for them and many overheat! Same with painted shells except the also produce toxins!
Pete Taylor 7 years ago
putting plastic in the ocean as food for other sea creatures and birds!! why?
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