"A hermit crab in need of a new, bigger shell explores the beach, trying on a variety of unsuitable objects before finding the right fit"--

Provides simple facts about hermit crabs, including behavior, anatomy, and food.

Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and activities of the hermit crab.

Hermit crabs do not have their own shell. They must move into bigger shells as their bodies grow. Learn these intriguing fdacts and more in "Hermit Crab," an I Love My Pet book.--

From the moment of his birth, Pagoo the hermit crab learns to rely on his "instinct" in order to survive to adulthood in his tide pool home.

Platypus thinks he has found the perfect curly shell for his collection, but it keeps disappearing.

Previous studies have suggested a population limiting relationship between hermit crabs (Coenobita ) and their available shell resources. On the island of St. John, located in the U. S. Virgin Islands (USVI), the hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus is most often observed in shells of the intertidal gastropod, Cittarium pica (locally called "whelk"). Both traditional and recreational fisheries for whelks exist in the USVI and local resource managers suggest...

A young hermit crab is perfectly happy with his chipped, too-small shell and his mother insists that he needs a new one to be safe, but they also disagree on whether the new shell should be sensible or spiky and cool.