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If by "air" you mean Oxygen, yes. All animals (except for that crazy jellyfish they found) needs oxygen to survive. A hermit crab's gills will filter the oxygen (or "air") out of the water.
Even land hermit crabs have modified gills that need to stay moist in order to perforn the same task. If their gills dry up, they suffocate.
What else can I help you with?
Do sand crabs need air?
Yeas they do.
Do hermit crabs need damp or dry sand?
Damp. They need t be able to maintain an air pocket underground without it collapsing. Deep, moist sand is great for this. It will also help keep the humidity to the recommended 80%.
Do hermit cRabs need air?
Land crabs (most pets are) do need it while marine crabs like the ones you find at the beach do not.
How do sand crabs breathe?
Sand crabs breathe through gills located on their abdomen, which are used to extract oxygen from the water. They absorb dissolved oxygen from seawater by pumping water over their gills and then releasing it through openings called pleopods.
How are sand fiddler crabs affected by pollution and population size changes?
With pollution in the air it makes it hard for them to find food and good homes/burrows!
Can hermit crabs breathe under sand or dirt?
Yes, hermit crabs can do this because they burrow. In doing this they make air holes to keep a supply of air going to them at all times. This is why it is so important to never bury your hermit crab! In doing this you will not leave an air pocket and have a high risk factor of choking them.
Do Asian shore crabs need to come up on land for air?
Only if you think so
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 crabs breathe underwater and above water?
There are crabs which breathe water and crabs which breathe air. It is rare to find a crab that does both but intertidal crabs do but they must remain wet to breath air (strange, right?).
How do you create sand in Doodle God 2?
rock + water= sand
When was Air Pacific created?
Air Pacific was created in 1947.
Can hermit crabs survive air flight?
no
