3D Printers To Save Hermit Crabs 107
Shareable writes "Makerbot just launched Project Shellter, which will leverage the Makerbot community's network of 5,000 3D printers to make shells for hermit crabs — which face a species-threatening, man-made shell shortage (they inhabit abandoned shells)."
Re:Real problem? (Score:5, Informative)
No source other than my marine biologist wife and years of living near Florida beaches.
2004 previous attempt (Score:4, Informative)
This was tried in 2004 http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/13/demaray.php [cabinetmagazine.org]
TFA goes into detail on the reasons and shows actual experiments with prototypes.
Re:I've seen a lot of dumb things on Slashdot ... (Score:1, Informative)
and then tossing *plastic* into the ocean
and from their website:
The goal is to create a printable hermit crab shell for domestic use thus reducing harvesting of natural shells
So unless you live in the ocean, that's not their intention.
I mean I get it.. you don't give a shit about hermit crabs, that's your prerogative, but these guys do. I can understand, we had a couple at the office and they were good pets! I do hope that you realize though, that if it wasn't for people like this, who try to help where others don't, the world would be a shitty(^Hier) place.
It may be stupid, it may be illogical, it may even be pointless, but dammit at least they are trying. Good intentions are good intentions, and the world needs more. (Can we make them with a MakerBot?)