Fun Facts

Here are some fun facts about Hermit Crabs:

• If two hermit crabs sees the same shell that they want to live in, or if a hermit crab sees a shell that is on another hermit crab, they will battle until one of them falls out of their shell.

• When there is danger, the hermit crab tucks itself inside it's shell except for its pincers that protect the entrance of the shell from predators.

• Sometimes the hermit crab will have sponges or sea-anenome on its back for camoflage.

• They got there name from the men who went into caves inthe desert called hermits.                                        

·        Land hermit crabs shed their outer skeleton just like all the other crabs, this is called molting.

·        The hermit crabs cannot be breed in captivity because they must return to the sea in order to lay their eggs.

·        On average a hermit crab can live for a couple of years, but rarely is there a case that they will live for 20 years in captivity.

·        The hermit crabs are nocturnal and will move around more at night.

·        The scientific for a regular hermit crab is Pagurus pollicaris, which means flat-clawed hermit crab.

·        There are over 500 different types of hermit crabs all over the earth.

·        The hermit crab needs the shell to protect its soft abdomen that can be destroyed by a predator.