Assertion: hermit crab's shell | /r/HasProperty | old
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text: The crab is very vulnerable to attack by predators at this stage, because it often finds that its old shell is too small and a larger one has to be looked for!
text: They use old shells for protection.
text: Unlike snails, hermit crabs do not produce their own shell, they use an old shell made by another animal, such as a marine snail.
text: This means that they are growing, and they shed their old shell (as well as their mobile shell) to become more significant.
text: When done, the hermit crab will eat the old shell.
text: They use old shells for protection.
text: Once a year, hermit crabs gather to spawn and to exchange shells, with the crabs lining up in height order, and with one crab climbing into the next largest shell, leaving their old shell empty for the crab next to them, and so on.
text: A hermit crab may keep his old shell following his molt, but if he has grown significantly larger, he will look for a bigger shell to inhabit.
text: But hermit crabs sidestep this period by making use of shells left by other creatures, ditching their old shell and appropriating another as they grow.
text: This means that they are growing, and they shed their old shell (as well as their mobile shell) to become more significant.
text: A hermit crab may keep his old shell following his molt, but if he has grown significantly larger, he will look for a bigger shell to inhabit.