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“Nobody really knows how many hermit crabs there are, but if you’re importing 1.2 million a month, you’re going to make a dent in the population,’’ said a biologist at Florida International University in Miami.
Scientists, environmentalists, industry executives, and government officials recently got together at a symposium in Florida entitled: “Hermit Crabs as Pets: To Be Or Not To Be.* ' Most participants agreed that' more must be learned about the land hermit crab and its numbers before the pet industry can be regulated.
But not everyone believes the hermit crab business needs regulating.
“We get a nice harmless business going here and they want to go and spoil it,” moaned an executive of the largest hermit crab importer.
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