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.
a shell...
There shell
Their shell
some crabs, like hermit crabs
What I know of that is hermit crabs will eat snails. However, hermit crabs will often use an empty shell of a sea snail.
They aren't; they need a shell.
break the shell just kiddin
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.
No
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.
Yes, Hermit crabs can only maneuver when they can lift and fit the shell appropriately.
hermit crabs... etc.