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A hermit crab is a crustacean that borrows shells from other animals to protect its soft exoskeleton. Unlike true crabs, a hermit crab's shell is not permanently attached to its body. Hermit crabs live on land and in water, using their front legs for walking and finding food while their back legs help hold them inside their shell. They come in a variety of sizes, with coconut crabs growing quite large, and will change shells as they grow.

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A hermit crab is part of the crustacean family. However, a hermit crab is not a true crab. It’s shell is not attached to its body like other crabs. 3 http://hermitcrabpetcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/hermit20crab1-300x206.jpg http://cronkyberry.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/crab_6001.jpg The hermit crab's relatives are the spider and lobster.
A hermit crab must borrow a discarded shell from another animal. Hermit crabs usually scavenge a shell from a mollusk snail. 4 hqdefault.jpg A hermit crab changing shells.
Hermit crabs can live on land or in the water. 5 robots4farms.com ehow.com A hermit crab crawling on the ocean floo.
A hermit crab has four sets of jointed legs and one set of pincers. 6
The first two sets of legs are used for walking and finding food. The back set of legs are used to hold the hermit crab inside its’ shell. 7 Blue leg Hermit Crab http://www.culturedaquaticlife.com/products/livestock/invertebrate/crab/dwarfbluelegCrab_Detail.shtml
Hermit crabs can be many sizes. If you look closely you may find one while playing on the beach. A coconut hermit crab can grow to gigantic proportions! 8 http://www.squidoo.com/hermit-crab-gifts http://www.buzzle.com/articles/a-giant-spider-that-can-crack-a-coconut-no-its-a-crab.html A BIG surprise when taking out the trash! A teeny, tiny hermit crab.
Hermit crabs pick its food off the bottom of the ocean with its claws. If the food is too big, it rips it into pieces with its claws. They drink by dipping their claws into water and putting it into the gills or mouth. 9 http://www.crabbytalk.com/wp-content/eating2.jpg Strawberry Hermit Crab
A hermit crab’s enemies are sea birds, fish, octopi, crabs, and other hermit crabs. 10 http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/octopus.jpg http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/octopus.jpg
A hermit crab has a special ability! When a predator attacks, a hermit crab will detach a leg or pincer to escape. The hermit will grow a replacement leg fairly quickly. 11 http://cultivateyourwellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/hermit-crab.jpg

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RC learn about Hermit crabs

  • 3. A hermit crab is part of the crustacean family. However, a hermit crab is not a true crab. It’s shell is not attached to its body like other crabs. 3 http://hermitcrabpetcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/hermit20crab1-300x206.jpg http://cronkyberry.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/crab_6001.jpg The hermit crab's relatives are the spider and lobster.
  • 4. A hermit crab must borrow a discarded shell from another animal. Hermit crabs usually scavenge a shell from a mollusk snail. 4 hqdefault.jpg A hermit crab changing shells.
  • 5. Hermit crabs can live on land or in the water. 5 robots4farms.com ehow.com A hermit crab crawling on the ocean floo.
  • 6. A hermit crab has four sets of jointed legs and one set of pincers. 6
  • 7. The first two sets of legs are used for walking and finding food. The back set of legs are used to hold the hermit crab inside its’ shell. 7 Blue leg Hermit Crab http://www.culturedaquaticlife.com/products/livestock/invertebrate/crab/dwarfbluelegCrab_Detail.shtml
  • 8. Hermit crabs can be many sizes. If you look closely you may find one while playing on the beach. A coconut hermit crab can grow to gigantic proportions! 8 http://www.squidoo.com/hermit-crab-gifts http://www.buzzle.com/articles/a-giant-spider-that-can-crack-a-coconut-no-its-a-crab.html A BIG surprise when taking out the trash! A teeny, tiny hermit crab.
  • 9. Hermit crabs pick its food off the bottom of the ocean with its claws. If the food is too big, it rips it into pieces with its claws. They drink by dipping their claws into water and putting it into the gills or mouth. 9 http://www.crabbytalk.com/wp-content/eating2.jpg Strawberry Hermit Crab
  • 10. A hermit crab’s enemies are sea birds, fish, octopi, crabs, and other hermit crabs. 10 http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/octopus.jpg http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/octopus.jpg
  • 11. A hermit crab has a special ability! When a predator attacks, a hermit crab will detach a leg or pincer to escape. The hermit will grow a replacement leg fairly quickly. 11 http://cultivateyourwellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/hermit-crab.jpg