Assertion: hermit crab's shell | /r/HasProperty | small
Facets:
value: for them
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: too
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
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: Hermit crabs that are in too-small shells are more likely to be eaten by predators, since they cannot pull their body into their shell.
text: A hermit crab with a shell which is too small can not grow as fast as hermit crabs will well-fitting shells and is more likely to be eaten.
text: If they find themselves in a shell that is too small, hermit crabs have the rare ability to grow smaller.
text: At any given time, 30 percent of wild crabs are inhabiting shells that are too small for them, and after their growth phase in the spring, this figure can jump to nearly 60 percent.
text: If they find themselves in a shell that is too small, and if nothing larger is available, common hermits have the rare ability to decrease in size from moult to moult.
text: A hermit crab with a shell that is too small cannot grow as fast as those with better fitting shells, thus they are more likely to be eaten because of their lack of ability to retract back into their shell properly.
text: A giant shell will make a hermit crab grow faster and more significant, whereas a shell that is too small will keep it reasonably short.