THE WILD-MAN'S WILD FRIENDS VIDEO SERIES - EPISODE 31 - HERMIT CRAB
Finding these all over is like being at a free, wild pet shop!
Hermit Crabs are a large super-family of over 1000 individual species. With both aquatic and terrestrial species, they can be found in a variety of places.
We found some near South Padre island when we went to the beach the other day. Sure, I cut my head open in the process, but we still made some good memories.
These ones happen to be an aquatic species that can be found all over one the shores and in the water. We found some while snorkeling too, which was exciting for the @little-peppers. One of my favorite functions that these crabs serve is being part of the ocean's cleanup crew, and helping to remove carrion from the ocean floor. For more info, check out the video.
The information is the video is original but I did have a quick refresher from this source.
THE WILD-MAN'S WILD FRIENDS - EPISODE 31
HERMIT CRAB
No head wound could stop me from shooting this video. Special thanks to the @little-peppers for their help. If you enjoyed this video, please consider thanking @thelivingpoet for encouraging me to make it!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-hermit-crab
Until next time…
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Close up Gif is nice, makes it look way bigger. Where do the shells come from? If they jump from shell to shell, shells gotta come from somewhere. Also, why are you bleeding?
Blood from here...
Dead snails is where the shells come from.
Oh yeah, I watched this one. Do some snails grow their shells then?
Yes, snails grow the shells, and when they die, hermit crabs move in
first i thought it is an octupus..haha..
You are awosome buddy..
Nice to see your adventures..
When i saw ur first gif i thought crab would be bigger
I thought you hurt yourself again @papa-pepper! We call these as soldiers in Mauritius!
Thanks for sharing, now I know the real name!
Cheers
@progressivechef
Nice photograph of hermit crab. It must be a good camera you are using.
In my country we call those solder crabs, same thing but slightly deferent color shell, thank you for sharing this species
Very cool. Glad that you've got something like these out there too!
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Nice post... I love how you took notice of these creatures and shared it to us.
Thanks. I'm always playing with them anyway, now I can share about them!
Great post @papa-pepper. Hermit crabs are so amazing. Have you ever seen them out of their shell, between homes? Super weird! I love that the have 1 claw bigger than the other, kinda like sword fighting with one had behind your back :)
Thanks for the Information Papa . These Crabs are very cool. Glad to know about them. Nice work. 👍