During yesterday's field trip to Managaha, I had about 30 minutes to break away from the teachers to go snorkeling. I was exploring the wreckage right off the North shore of Managaha when I found this:
Do you recognize that shell? If you remember a few weeks back, a few bloggers had a bit of a blog war over the species of crab, Dardanus megistos, that inhabits this type of shell. The common name is the White Spotted Hermit Crab. The shell is called a Triton Trumpet shell.
Here is a photo of D. megistos taken from a previous crime scene (and stolen from an unnamed source):
The shell was just sitting on the sand in about three feet of water. How cool is that? I picked it up and took a picture of it in my hand to show how big it was:
I wonder what happened to the inhabitant of this shell? Why would he leave a perfectly good home like this one?
Then I found this near the shell:
The victim's head had been ripped off and stuffed between two small rocks near the site of his former home. Who could do such a thing?
A few feet away from the head I found this:
The victim's legs had been ripped off and carelessly strewn across the ocean floor. The murderer who perpetrated this crime must be a sick, sick individual.
Now, I have no proof that he did this, but I can only think of one individual that could do such a thing to such a sweet, harmless ocean creature.
Do you recognize that shell? If you remember a few weeks back, a few bloggers had a bit of a blog war over the species of crab, Dardanus megistos, that inhabits this type of shell. The common name is the White Spotted Hermit Crab. The shell is called a Triton Trumpet shell.Here is a photo of D. megistos taken from a previous crime scene (and stolen from an unnamed source):
The shell was just sitting on the sand in about three feet of water. How cool is that? I picked it up and took a picture of it in my hand to show how big it was:
I wonder what happened to the inhabitant of this shell? Why would he leave a perfectly good home like this one?Then I found this near the shell:
The victim's head had been ripped off and stuffed between two small rocks near the site of his former home. Who could do such a thing?A few feet away from the head I found this:
The victim's legs had been ripped off and carelessly strewn across the ocean floor. The murderer who perpetrated this crime must be a sick, sick individual.Now, I have no proof that he did this, but I can only think of one individual that could do such a thing to such a sweet, harmless ocean creature.