Hermit Crabs

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Discusses different kinds of Hermit Crabs, their habitats and their characteristics. Usefulness in research. Series of activities of Hermit Crabs value for research into decision-making. Importance of shells and skill selection behavior. Ability of researchers to observe the assessment procedure of the crabs. Various experiments on Hermit Crabs in reference to animal behavior; response to stimuli.

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"Hermit crabs usually are found in empty gastropod shells, seeking protection from predators, desiccation, and other hermit crabs. The hermit crab does not seem to select a place to stay at random but rather appears to have a selection process. Precisely what this process is and how the crab makes a decision as to what shell to select and what shell to reject is the subject of much research.
Hermit crabs are crustaceans that live in the wild in the western Atlantic. They mate on land near the sea, and once the eggs develop, the female carries the eggs on her abdomen to the sea and leaves them on wet sand or a wet rock for the tide to carry out to sea. There are usually 1,000 to 50,000 eggs at a time. At sea, the crabs are small larvae that molt several times in order to grow to adulthood. At the adult larvae stage..."

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