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Hermit crab video sparks controversy

The screenshot shows hermit crabs in captivity in a video clip of Korn "Oaujun" Khunatipapisiri posted on Wednesday.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has vowed to launch an investigation against a popular YouTuber who published a video clip of himself catching a number of hermit crabs and taking them home to keep.

The minister joined a call by some netizens for Korn "Oaujun" Khunatipapisiri to return the crabs to their natural habitat, which prompted Mr Korn to come out to apologise and promise to return the sea animals to where he had collected them.

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