Hermit Crabs

No, they both have two claws. One large one and one small one.

Most of the time they actually use behavioral language

It depends on how healthy the hermit crab is in my opinion

Currently the best place to buy hermit crabs is from pet stores. Small stores have a better likelyhood of their crabs being treated humanely as large chains often have poor conditions.

Mall kiosks are usually a very undesireable place to purchase them, as there is often very little in the way of supplies for your crabs and there is also a good chance they have been in very poor conditions leading to ill or permanently damaged crabs that will not live long.

The same for tourist shop and beachfront strip malls. If the crabs have been kept in a wire cage (which is very common in these kinds of places) and exposed to the air and temperatures, the chance is they will die rather soon, usually within a few weeks of purchase.

Make sure to research the proper habitat, temps, humidity, and feeding and water treatment for hermit crabs before you purchase them. Do NOT depend on pet stores to know what you will need, they are often very uneducated on the care of hermit crabs, and their job is just to sell you "stuff". Most of the "stuff" available in pet stores for hermit crabs is not safe for them, and not what they need.

Visit the crab care section at a reputable forum website where very experienced crabbers frequent, such as http://www.hermitcrabparadise.com or http://www.crabstreetjournal.com

15 gallons would be good for five hermit crabs at tops.

When they get too big for their present shell they go and find a bigger one, make sure you have some of various sizes available.

Don't throw them away they may be molting mine just molted. I thought he was dead but I kept him because he didn't fall out of his shell. He had white eyes. But I put him in the iso tank and he molted the next day, he was medium and it took three days. Be careful he is pink small and soft now and don't keep him with other crabs until he changes from his present shell they may eat him and don't throw his exo skeleton away he needs calcium.

You are allowed to keep Hermit Crabs from the beach but it is really not good for the hermit crab because it will probably get sick and die.

Though there are few illnesses that a hermit crab gets you can tell when your hermit crab is in distress by a few symptoms.

1. Streaking - a hermit crab does not leave it's shell unless something is wrong.

2. Dropping Limbs - this is not a normal behavior, if your hermit crab has dropped limbs something is wrong.

3. Not moving/sluggish movement. Going into a hibernative state is a reaction to something being wrong, usually in the environment such as low humidity/temperature.

You have to give them fresh food every day. Even if he didnt touch it. Im a hermit crab expert!

The limpets have a hard shell because it acts as a barrier to wave action. The shells are smooth on the inside and can be either smooth or ribbed on the outside.

No! Hermies cant eat human foods like that, twinkies, seasoned meats, ect. They can eat all fruits and veggies exept lemons and limes, SEA salted nuts, lean meats, and mine love mangos.

No. They need constant humidity and warm moist soil. It might be possible for some to survive down towards the border, but I doubt it. Their is no stable conditions for them to survive. That's why you will find them in places like Florida, or the caribean.

Crickets are not decomposers. They are consumers.

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

When male and female crabs reproduce, they assume the doubler position, which is when the male carries the female. Mating lasts about five-and-a-half hours, but the crabs may stay in this position for up to three days afterward. The female stores the male's sperm on the underside of her abdomen, where it will be used for two more spawnings that occur within her three-year lifespan. The females migrate to slightly saltier waters after mating and attach between 100,000 to two million eggs to the sperm stored under the abdomen. The incubation period lasts about two weeks, until the crab larvae hatch and are released into the ocean to fend for themselves. For the next 40 days, the crab larvae continue to grow until they reach the adult crab stage.

Source: http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4781305_crabs-reproduce.html

iroquois travel far, they had to use the water ways to travel their land, and would have to travel to Ohio etc to trade with Shawnee and Delaware. they also raided Catawba settlements in South Carolina and followed a trail that followed the demarkation of the 13 colonies.

yes, crabs are barbarians!! eat them! yes, crabs are barbarians!! eat them! yes, crabs are barbarians!! eat them! yes, crabs are barbarians!! eat them! yes, crabs are barbarians!! eat them!

it can stay out for several hours, however after that it will begin to slowly suffocate as it can only breath correctly under the water.

No it has been processed and can be toxic but they can eat almost any fruit/vegetable except any acidic ones like lemons,limes,or oranges.

Hermits want to stay on the mountains, away from all of mankind and meditate.

The hermit crab will never go back to it's shell, as it is too small. When a crayfish grows too big for the shell, it moves out, leaving the first shell and moving on to a larger, more comfortable shell. Hope this helps!

Yes. They can eat just about any type of fruit. It is a large part of their natural diet.

No. Hermit crabs live on huge beach colonies and are accustomed to working and traveling in huge groups. Crabs really need to be kept in groups (best case scenario would be in same species group). Crabs should be kept in groups of 3 or more.

Insects, and caribbean animals that live close to shore like turtles and birds. Hermit crabs can drown in water, so they live in the trees by the shore

usually the girl hermit crabs have a lighter color Female crabs have "privates" called gonopores. They are two little dots located on the back pair of walking legs. You can find a picture by going to this sight: http://hermit-crabs.com/sexing.html