Attractiveness of artificial materials to mating females Lighter artificial shell weights that might benefit hermit crabs' energy An odor cue of dimethyl sulfide, found in both natural shells and ...

The next smallest will take that crab’s hand-me-down home, and so on. Hermit crabs vary in their mating habits. The Caribbean hermit crab, for example, lives in wetlands, but when it’s time to ...

Since hermit crabs don’t breed in captivity, every crab in the pet trade has been taken from the wild. They are then packaged and transported potentially thousands of miles away for resale to live, ...

The majority of terrestrial hermit crab species worldwide have used trash ... using a unique shell in sexual signaling to attract a mate, the fact that artificial shells may be less heavy, and ...