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Hermit crabs are great scavengers and mostly peaceful, but they hardly wait for a shell to be vacant before moving in. They will definitely kill a live snail t
by wpeterson 12y ago
Hermit crabs are great scavengers and mostly peaceful, but they hardly wait for a shell to be vacant before moving in. They will definitely kill a live snail to take their shell if they need a bigger home. Or another crab.
- kenrikm 12y agoI have a reef tank on my desk at work I get to watch this process happen on a daily basis. I have to keep adding larger shells to the tank because if I don't they will kill the snails and steal their shells. If there are enough shells available they leave the snails alone. Recently one of the medium size crabs decided to take the a shell that used to belong to a turbo snail, much too big for him as he can barely drag it around. I've come to the conclusion this crab is American and is going to fake it until he makes it.
- gcb0 12y agoyou need a camera there. my old crabs where boring...