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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Hermit crabs in sponges are also easily visible moving in the water when Sandford walks the shoreline during his daily shoreline surveys.
Blueleg Hermit Crabs feed on a variety of algae including hair algae.
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Luigi Pascioni,
Auto Mechanic
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When hermit crabs occupying a sponge switch into a shell, the sponge is left unoccupied and often is found stranded at shoreline or up on shore as the tide recedes.
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Abu Kashir,
Gas Station Attendant
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There are sea crabs, land crabs and all sizes and shapes of hermit crabs that constantly exchange their shells as they outgrow them.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Hermit crabs are egglayers.
Hermit crabs, unlike true crabs, live in the discarded shell of a marine snail which they haul around with them.
Those were the predominant colours in the eyes of a small boy searching for hermit crabs in a rock pool on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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Hermit Crabs walk live in a shell the have found left by somebody who don't need it any more.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Hermit crabs are taking advantage of pollution such as broken bottles and cans to set up home in, reports Biologist.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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Hermit Crabs didn't have much better luck, as Angel liked to at least chase anything he saw moving in his tank, which inevitably got them trapped in the open in front of the other fish.
All hermit crabs and snails seemed to survive, but the elegance coral withdrew and did not do well for weeks.
Hermit crabs need to change homes when they grow.
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