Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
You’ve probably seen a hermit crab in your kid’s classroom or on someone’s desk at work – most of them are small enough to make easy-to-care-for pets. Fun fact: they’re not technically crabs, because they have soft, exposed abdomens that leave them vulnerable to predators, which is why they’re always in the market for a discarded shell to call home.
They move in and out of shells – usually sea snail shells – as they grow.
The coconut crab differs from a regular hermit crab in two important ways: first, it’s quite large – it can grow up to three feet long and weigh nine pounds – and second, when it outgrows the largest shell it can find,…
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