Bombinhas, Santa Catarina, Brazil Info from Licensor: "This is a diver named Djonatan Junckes. He went bass fishing and ended ...

Instead, hermit crabs have a hard exoskeleton on the front part of their bodies but a soft tail on the other half, which they protect using the discarded shells of other animals, like whelks.

This woman found 4 hermit crabs in a box on the road — so she took them home and let them pick out new shells ❤️ We talked to Ariel, who told us that painted shells are actually toxic, and how they ...

Unlike other crabs, hermit crabs don’t grow their own shell and instead occupy an old whelk or periwinkle shell, testing out different dwellings until they find one that fits perfectly.