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Makerbot’s 3D Printed Hermit Crab Shells are a Fresh Solution to an Environmental Shortage

Wednesday, 22 February 2012 13:15 Architecture - Inhabitat

A dangerous shell shortage has been threatening the lives of ocean-dwelling hermit crabs, forcing them to find homes in pieces of sea garbage – however Makerbot Industries has come to the rescue with a line of eco-friendly 3D printed hermit crab shells! Last year, Makerbot called out to the 3D printing world for eco-friendly designed replacement shells that could be given to domestic hermit crabs, saving the ocean’s supply one shell at a time. Months later, the aptly named

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