Leave the Shell

Had the privilege to visit a local school here in the Keys, Ocean Studies Charter school. The children were a mix of 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades. At that age they were very eager to learn all about our crabby friends.

We covered all sorts of topics; their natural habitats, the need to find shells, how shells break down naturally and how they are modified by the hermits. Having recently completing a trash clean up derby, they were glad to know that they were also helping hermits out by removing trash from their habitats.

The biggest lesson learned was, if you are walking along and find an empty shell… “Leave the Shell, Take the Memory”