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What are hermit crabs doing when there antanas touch?
Why are my hermit crabs touching each other?Do hermit crabs rip their arms off?What are signs of hermit crabs dying?Do hermit crabs fight to the deat...
Can hermitcrabs have children?
Female hermit crabs lay thousands of eggs! She carries her eggs as they mature, and the eggs change color from brick red to dark gray. The mother hatc...
How does the hermit crab help its community?
Hermit crabs play an important role in the benthic, or bottom dwelling, community. They are scavengers, helping to recycle energy back into the ecosys...
Do hermit crabs shed their outside layer of skin?
As with many animals, hermit crabs molt, meaning that they shed their hard outer layer called the exoskeleton. ... Next, they shed their exoskeleton. ...
How do hermit crabs sense?
The hermit crab's refined taste is matched by its sense of smell, which is renowned amongst the biologists that study them. ... Hermit crabs don't hav...
How do you stop shell fighting between hermit crabs?
If you see shell fights happening in your crabitat you should intervene and put the aggressive crab in a container that has a variety of shells for hi...
Can you tell a hermit crabs gender by its claws?
According to the Sea Shell Shop, you cannot tell the difference in sex with hermit crabs by claw size. The difference in hermit crab species means dif...
You just got two hermit crabs they just mostly sleepWhy?
Can 2 hermit crabs molt at the same time?Do hermit crabs cannibalize each other?Why is my hermit crab always sleeping?How do I know when my hermit cr...
How many young do hermit crabs have at a time?
Female hermit crabs lay between 800 and 50,000 eggs at a time. The actual number that an individual hermit crab lays depends on her size. As you might...