0
the shells hermies use, are sea snail shells. The snail dies, gets washed up, and at lowtide the hermit crab will remove the snail and ocuppy the shell. If a hermie also sees another hermie with a shell they want, they will fight to the death to get the shell.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoThe "skin" of a hermit crab, actually its exoskeleton, is made of tough proteins including chitin. The hermit crab's strategy is to scavenge empty shells to use for protection, which become their portable hiding-location and into which they can withdraw if threatened, typically blocking the entrance with one large claw.
Mostly these shells are from dead sea snails, although they sometimes use other hollow objects like shells of bivalves, or hollow rocks or pieces of wood. The main component of marine mollusc shells they choose is calcium carbonate.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoNO, hermit crab shells are very strong, too strong to be made out of something so unendurable.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoNo they scrounge their shells in the wild. If you have one as a pet, make sure you have a couple bigger, empty ones they can change into.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoNo, they inhabit empty snail shells. :)
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoi think marine...
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the hermit crabs shelter?
a shell...
How are hermit crabs protected?
There shell
What is a hermit crabs protection?
Their shell
What is a shell home to?
some crabs, like hermit crabs
What is the relationship between a hermit and a snail shell?
What I know of that is hermit crabs will eat snails. However, hermit crabs will often use an empty shell of a sea snail.
How are hermit crabs protected when they have no shell?
They aren't; they need a shell.
How do you get hermit crabs out of the shell?
break the shell just kiddin
There are many types of crabs in the sea.Most of them have shells made out of chitin.however hermit crabs have shells made out of calcium carbonate where do the shells come from?
Hermit crabs are scavengers. Litterally. They scavange for food and they scavange for houses. When they outgrow their old shell they look for a larger abandoned shell. Their shell is not grown by them. It used to belong to a shellfish.
Do land hermit crabs die when out of shell?
No
Is it ok if hermit crabs come out of their shells?
As hermit crabs grow and increase in size they need to come out of their shell in order to find a larger shell to live in.
Can a shell be to big for a hermit crab?
Yes, Hermit crabs can only maneuver when they can lift and fit the shell appropriately.
Is Mr crabs a hermit crab?
no; he doesn't have a shell
