Thai hermit crab is in distress due to 'insufficient shells', the government responds by spraying seashells
Due to the decrease in tourists due to the global epidemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the hermit crab population has increased rapidly in Thailand. As a result, many 'hermit crabs without inns' have been born. Taking this situation seriously, the Thai government took action to scatter the shells.
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Koh Lanta , located in the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand, is a tourist attraction known as one of the world's leading snorkeling and diving spots. The entire islands have been designated as a marine national park, and it was a tropical resort with about 40 million visitors annually.
However, due to the global epidemic of COVID-19, which began in earnest in 2020, the number of tourists visiting the area has decreased sharply, and at the same time, the number of hermit crabs has increased sharply. At the same time, this phenomenon also caused a 'shortage of shells in which hermit crabs live.' Due to this shortage of shells, many hermit crabs living in garbage such as cans, bottles, and caps discarded by humans have been confirmed.
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The Lanta Islands Marine National Park authorities recognized the shortage of shells at the end of October 2020 and called on the Thai people to mail the shells on November 6, about a week later. Over 200 kilograms of shells gathered in response to this call were sown around Marine National Park at a ceremony celebrating the birthday of the late King Rama IX (King Pumipon) on December 5.
The Thai government is trying to 'regain nature' in response to the decrease in tourists, and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa of Thailand is trying to achieve the goal of regaining nature for all national parks in the country. It tells you to do whatever you need to do. Through a series of efforts, tuna have returned to the waters of Thailand, endangered leatherback turtles have been identified on the Thai coast, and the number of turtles spawning along the coasts of Phang Nga and Phuket has reached the highest number in the last 20 years. It seems that they are doing it.
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'Hermit crabs can be a good indicator for assessing the impact of tourists on the surrounding environment. Limiting the number of tourists in our country,' said Samasak Yeemin, a marine biologist at Ramkhamhaeng University in Thailand. We may need to make sure that tourism is eco-friendly. '
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