glass is a very good uv filter? wtf are you smoking? you can add a uv filter to glass as you can polarization or just plain color. but by default, normal glass is a very poor uv filter
I think the issue was someone confusing UV and IR filtering.
Glass will block most infrared light but wont block most ultraviolet light. This is the reason the lenses for IR cameras are so hugely expensive as they cant be made from glass :)
You dumb ass - you had the window wound down. Normal domestic and auto glass filters out UV light and allows IR (infrared) through. You CAN'T get a suntan through glass, but you can still feel the heat of the sun (that's the infrared btw).
I definitely had a nasty burn on my left arm and the left side of my face after sitting by the window on a bus. It was one of those tour buses -- you can't put the window down.
And whoever said that's cruel... it's definitely not. The crab only goes in a shell if it likes it... and if it doesn't, it leaves immediately. I have two crabs... and I want to get glass shells for them because it's so neat!! If they don't like it, they'll switch back to their other shells. Not a big deal...
Saying that a hermit crab won't go into a shell it doesn't like just proves you know nothing about hermit crabs. Do a little research on all the companies that force crabs into painted shells that nearly every pet store sells. They force these crabs out of their shells, usually by raising or lowering the temperature to the point that the crab goes into shock and runs from it's natural shell. Then they're moved into a container that only contains painted shells, and anyone who owns hermit crabs knows that the shells that all these crabs are in, 99% of the time these are not the typical shells that these crabs would be in. This is a sick and awful idea, anyone who does this to a hermit crab is committing animal cruelty.
I'm scheduled for surgery to remove a basal cell carcinoma patch from my forearm -- where I got burned a couple to times on long road trips. Thankfully now that we've emigrated to the USA, where they drive on the other side of the road, my sun damaged arm will no longer be up against the window!
lol. have you ever gone on a long car trip in summer in australia?
I have, and i got "truckers arm".
just keep in mind, not all glass has been treated/tinted.
I get sunburned very quickly, and while sitting in a Chic-Fil-A restaurant, near a darkly tinted window, I got a sun burn in less than 15 minutes of high Texas sun.
Tinted.... Glass...
Granted, the UV index was at a 10, and this was during the peak of the day, but still. The right side of my face and right arm (both getting the sunny side) were red when I left.
In reply to another comment: Hermit crabs can be both terrestial and aquatic, it depends on their species. That one is an aquatic crab, the easiest way to recognize them are the eyes, they are different form the eyes of land hermit crabs.
I do hope that the crab chose the shell on its own or at least was offered other shells to change into after taking the picture. Interesting to see, though.
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Beautiful home
Could be a bad defense against seagulls though!
Cool, a room with a
Cool, a room with a view.......
WOW!
That is sooo nifty. Good picture.
The "hermit" crab is not so
The "hermit" crab is not so hermit anymore!
Better not throw stones...
Better not throw stones...
There's a good chance stones
There's a good chance stones would crack a normal shell as well.
What about Ultra-Violet?
What about Ultra-Violet? This crab is going to get a nasty sunburn.
Glass is a very good UV
Glass is a very good UV filter.
He'd get sunburnt eventually though.
glass is a very good uv
glass is a very good uv filter? wtf are you smoking? you can add a uv filter to glass as you can polarization or just plain color. but by default, normal glass is a very poor uv filter
poor must be a relative term
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00539.htm
http://www.wonderquest.com/sunburn.htm
glass is a very good uv
actually plain glass by itself is 100% UV resistant.
UV filter
I think the issue was someone confusing UV and IR filtering.
Glass will block most infrared light but wont block most ultraviolet light. This is the reason the lenses for IR cameras are so hugely expensive as they cant be made from glass :)
Infra red is heat. Sunlight
Infra red is heat.
Sunlight feels hot in a car...
Did you ever get sunburnt
Did you ever get sunburnt through a window? I didn't think so.
Sunburn through glass?
I've received a nasty sunburn on my arm... driving my car, which last time I checked had glass windows...
You dumb ass - you had the
You dumb ass - you had the window wound down. Normal domestic and auto glass filters out UV light and allows IR (infrared) through. You CAN'T get a suntan through glass, but you can still feel the heat of the sun (that's the infrared btw).
It's Cloverfield!
It's Cloverfield!
This crab must be very happy
This crab must be very happy to see the environement without to leave his new shell !
Sunburn through window...
I definitely had a nasty burn on my left arm and the left side of my face after sitting by the window on a bus. It was one of those tour buses -- you can't put the window down.
And whoever said that's cruel... it's definitely not. The crab only goes in a shell if it likes it... and if it doesn't, it leaves immediately. I have two crabs... and I want to get glass shells for them because it's so neat!! If they don't like it, they'll switch back to their other shells. Not a big deal...
Saying that a hermit crab
Saying that a hermit crab won't go into a shell it doesn't like just proves you know nothing about hermit crabs. Do a little research on all the companies that force crabs into painted shells that nearly every pet store sells. They force these crabs out of their shells, usually by raising or lowering the temperature to the point that the crab goes into shock and runs from it's natural shell. Then they're moved into a container that only contains painted shells, and anyone who owns hermit crabs knows that the shells that all these crabs are in, 99% of the time these are not the typical shells that these crabs would be in. This is a sick and awful idea, anyone who does this to a hermit crab is committing animal cruelty.
Indeed, you CAN burn badly through glass!
I'm scheduled for surgery to remove a basal cell carcinoma patch from my forearm -- where I got burned a couple to times on long road trips. Thankfully now that we've emigrated to the USA, where they drive on the other side of the road, my sun damaged arm will no longer be up against the window!
lol. have you ever gone on a
lol. have you ever gone on a long car trip in summer in australia?
I have, and i got "truckers arm".
just keep in mind, not all glass has been treated/tinted.
Yes I have been sunburned
Yes I have been sunburned through a window, tanning also takes place through a window. Glass does not block 100% UV.
Thanks for information..
Thanks for information..
Sunburnt through glass
I get sunburned very quickly, and while sitting in a Chic-Fil-A restaurant, near a darkly tinted window, I got a sun burn in less than 15 minutes of high Texas sun.
Tinted.... Glass...
Granted, the UV index was at a 10, and this was during the peak of the day, but still. The right side of my face and right arm (both getting the sunny side) were red when I left.
HAHA love it
this is a cool picture and it doesn't matter if he would get sunburn because you would never find a crab in a glass shell in nature lol
What glass good UV filter???
What glass good UV filter??? Are you crazy?!
ummm
greenhouse effect?
Actually UV rays wouldn't
Actually UV rays wouldn't get through that.
Well, a very minimal amount, but he wouldn't get a sunburn.
Glass is UV Opaque, that's
Glass is UV Opaque, that's why you don't get burned in your car when have the windows up.
Cheers
Ordinary glass blocks most
Ordinary glass blocks most UV below 300nm so it won't be so bad.
I'd hit it.
I'd hit it.
Glass shell
I think the heavier glass, compared to shell, would be a downer for the crab.
crab in glass shell
How was this photo made? Did the photographer provide the glass shell?
No
No, those glass shells are grown by seacows, didn't you know?
Bad camouflage
Bad camouflage though, he wouldn't survive for long time in the sea bottom.
Hermit crabs are
Hermit crabs are terrestrial.
Yes! They're so terrestrial,
Yes! They're so terrestrial, in fact, that they're extraterrestrial.
what, like television? you
what, like television? you mean territorial....?
Some are terrestrial, most
Some are terrestrial, most live in water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit_crab
Some hermit crabs are
Some hermit crabs are terrestrial, like the one shown, but many, many more species are aquatic.
But where do i buy one of those shells???
In reply to another comment:
In reply to another comment: Hermit crabs can be both terrestial and aquatic, it depends on their species. That one is an aquatic crab, the easiest way to recognize them are the eyes, they are different form the eyes of land hermit crabs.
I do hope that the crab chose the shell on its own or at least was offered other shells to change into after taking the picture. Interesting to see, though.
Nope, that's a common
Nope, that's a common Carribean land hermit crab.
check your facts son
not all hermit crabs are terrestrial, you also have your water hermit crabs who would die on land
Some are land dwellers, and
Some are land dwellers, and others are marine dwellers.
there are marine hermit
there are marine hermit crabs.
I would think that the
I would think that the hermit crab is a pet not a wild one!
You're a fucking genius.
You're a fucking genius.
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Great picture.
hmmm
I'd love to see some more pics from different angles