
Do Marine Hermit Crabs Kill Snails For Their Shells?
A hermit crab inside a crown conch shell while the snail is still inside makes me question what is going on here?
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A hermit crab inside a crown conch shell while the snail is still inside makes me question what is going on here?
Read More…While searching the backwater beach at low tide, I found a big lightning whelk shell encrusted with barnacles. I thought that either it was alive, with the snail inside, or a hermit crab had taken up residence. It turned out to be the latter. Most of the time hermit crabs will quickly duck down deep […]
Read More…A chilly boat ride took us to Three Sisters, among other places, where we found interesting shells filled with hermit crabs. Often I have seen tiny horse conchs, and a few times we’ve seen massive horse conchs, but this horse conch was medium size. As I waded through the 62 degree water on a 60 […]
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