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Angela Sayre brings crabs to the podcast! She's with Crustacean Plantation and wants to encourage people to "leave the shell — take the memory when you visit the Florida Keys (or any coastal community).

Links We Mentioned

Crustacean Plantation

An example of a "broken home" for a hermit crab

Cynthia Barnett's Sound of the Sea

Jonathan Livingston Hermit Crab

YouTube live feed of hermit crabs

Things to Do in the Upper Florida Keys/Tavernier

• Harry Harris Park
• Dive Bar on the Bay
• Florida Keys Wild Bird Center — look for the hermit crab tank!
• Old Tav (ask for the pizza — it's not on the menu — they do a fantastic spinach, bacon, and mushroom)
• Dive Museum
• Dry Tortugas National Park

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