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Hermit crabs lay their eggs in the ocean and the babies live there until around week 6 when they emerge onto dry land and take up their first shell.
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How to find land hermit crabs?
by ocean
Can a hermit crab have babies in captivity?
No, unfortunately they can't... Hermit crabs lay their eggs in the ocean, they are born without shells, and eat plankton. If you have a very large aquarium, and can manage to make a mini-saltwater ocean inside as well as dry land, it could be possible... Remember that the ocean must have a proper amount of salt! (table salt is harmful to hermit crabs too...)
How do the hermit crabs have babies and where do they have them?
Though it is impossible in captivity, wild land hermit crabs have babies. The female lays eggs in the ocean that hatch into small zoea that live in the tide for several weeks until they emerge on shore and find their first shell.
Why do Hermit Crabs have babies under water?
Land hermit crabs don't, they put them on damp sand at low tide, when the tide rises it carries the eggs away.
Do land hermit crabs have babies?
Yes, they do but almost never in captivity. A female crab lays eggs which she carries in her shell for a few weeks before releasing them into the ocean.
Do land hermit crabs mate?
Yes, land hermit crabs do mate. If you mean in captivity...yes and no. They will mate and sometimes you will even get fertilized eggs, but you can not raise them to be surviving baby hermit crabs in captivity unless you can duplicate the ocean.
Do land hermit crabs give you worts?
No land Hermit Crabs do not give you warts
Why do hermit crabs live on land?
Some hermit crabs are land hermit crabs like the ones you buy at ocean city. They have modified gills which means they CAN'T breathe underwater. Hermit crabs need moist air so they need humidity between 70 and 80 and temp 70-80.
How do girl land hermit crabs get pregnant?
because they have love with the boy land hermit crabs
Where do hermit crabs have their babies?
Anywhere, but the female flings her eggs into the ocean where they hatch, and swim with plankton until they are big enough to find a tiny shells and be on land, once they are on land they cant breath underwater.
Are hermit crabs sea animals?
Well it depends there are different types of crabs,I own 4 land hermit crabs.
Types of crabs?
There are aquatic and land hermit crabs. Some land hermies are the Purple Pincher (PP & the most common) and the strawberry hermit crab.
