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well mostly the difference between crabs and hermit crabs is that one is not born with a shell and one is. Also hermit crabs tend to be smaller
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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.
Relationship between hermit crab and snail shell?
Snail shells are formed biologically as the snail grows up. Hermit crabs occupy empty shells and other containers, instead.
What is the relationship between a snail and a hermit crab?
AnswerThe advantage is that they can hide in it. The disagvantage is they are very slow with it onspencer is also gay.
What kind of symbotic relationship does a hermit crab and a snail shell?
The snail dies, gets washed up to the shore, and a hermie either eats itd body or removes it, and occupys the shell.
Will a baby snail die if its snail shell is chipped?
yes a baby snail will die if it's shell is chipped because a snail shell is very delicate and so is the snail.
When a snail is born does it have a shell?
when a snail is born it has a shell, and its actual body is still growing in the shell.
What will happen if a snail loses its shell?
The snail's shell will get writing on it. What do you think.
What is a snail shell secreted by?
It is secreted by a portion of the snail body called the mantle.
What is the oldest part of the snail shell?
The oldest part of a snail's shell is the center of the coil. When the snail grows, it grows outward
What is the body covering of a snail?
if you mean the shell.... it is made of calcium, it grows with the snail and gains whorls (the spirals) ..............similar to a tree, the more spirals the older the snail.
How do you take a snail out of its shell without damaging it?
A snail's organs are attached to the shell through the mantle. If you attempt to pull the snail out, it will harm it.
An animal that has a shell?
A turtle or a snail have a shell.
