Assertion: hermit crab | /r/CapableOf | change its shell
Facets:
value: frequently
type: TEMPORAL
value: for a larger one
type: PURPOSE
value: after moulting
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: When does a hermit crab change its shell?
text: Because of this mutualism (a biological interaction between individuals of two different species), sea anemones can be, and sometimes are, transferred to a new shell when the hermit crab changes shells.
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: Usually after moulting, hermit crabs will change the shell they the live in.
text: Hermit crabs have to change their shells.
text: As hermit crabs grow, they must exchange their shell for a larger one.
text: So, a hermit crab changes its shell when it has grown large enough to need to a bigger one.
text: Fun Fact: When they find shells that are bigger than their own, strawberry hermit crabs gather in a line from biggest to smallest, and when the biggest hermit crab changes its shell, the next one takes the newly empty shell and the rest of the line does the same thing in a chain reaction.
text: A lot of kids are fascinated when a hermit crab changes its shell.
text: Hermit crabs need to change shells frequently, and they sometimes disappear within a new one for weeks, which may lead an owner to think the crab has died.
text: Though the torso is not usually seen except for when the hermit crab is changing shells, it has been observed as being long and asymmetrical and resembling a spiral in shape.