Best of Mike #21

A whole crowd to Hermit Crabs, hanging out inside and at the bottom of a vase sponge.

I had never seen this before our trip to Belize.... although I have seen it a number of times since then.

I have read that they are attracted to the algae that grows on the inside of the sponge and are there to feed.

The feeding has always been a done deal by the time I have arrived on the scene.

So they end up looking mostly like a punch of pebbles laying down there in the bottom.

Or a bunch of happier Hermit Crabs, sleeping off a good lunch.

Would love to see these little guys scaling the outside and then climbing or dropping down inside. Has to be the Hermit Crab equivalent of mountain climbing.

This is the last pix from Belize ..... next stop Cozumel.