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To protect their rather soft bodies.

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What are special about hermit crabs?

They live in other creatures shells


What kind of shells do hermit crabs live in?

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How does a hermit crab live in the wild?

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How is hermit crab different from usual crab?

Hermit crabs have a soft body that needs to be protected from predators instead of the hard exoskeleton of most crabs. Therefore they use the shells of other animals like snails to protect their soft bodies.


Can you keep hermit crabs with other animals in the same habitat?

Very few. Because hermit crabs need to remain stationary to molt they need to be kept with their own kind to avoid being cannibalized. Some owners do add rollie pollie bugs to their crab tanks as cleaners and that has proven to be quiet successful.


What are hermit crabs prey?

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hermit crabs?


Why do hermat crabs like to be with other crabs?

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What other animals has exoskelton on its body?

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What is special about the hermit crab?

They live in the abandoned shells of other creatures, and change them as they grow. The asymmetric size of the hermit crabs claws is remarkable.


What are the hermit crabs preditors?

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