This week’s question: A new study found that most hermit crabs spotted in the wild now use manmade garbage — such as bottle caps and lightbulb bases — as their shells. In seven or fewer words, create a message for a picket sign these trash-dwelling crustaceans could carry to protest the low quality of their new homes.
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THE WINNER: Garbage smells, we want shells
SECOND PLACE: Housing should be free, not debris
THIRD PLACE: Stop this dirty shell game
Steve Brown, Biltmore Lake, North Carolina
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We’re bitter in your litter
Your trash sure isn’t MY treasure!
Rose Gabeletto, Nemacolin, Pennsylvania
House your trash, don’t trash my house
John Rengstorff, New York City, New York
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