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How do hermit crabs get there name?

Updated: 11/19/2022
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Well, they live in shells, and when no one is there, they don't come out very often, so they are hermits. And they are related to crabs...so....hermit crabs!

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Where did hermit crabs get there name?

They got there name because they were hermits since they lived and hid in shells thats why they are hermit crabs.


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Can hermit crabs live with fiddler crabs?

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