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A: Like turtles, snails are attached to their shells. They cannot leave their shells and live. If the body is out of the shell totally, the snail is dead. A few people have sworn their snail was alive, out of the shell, driving around. It must have been the current in the tank making their body appear to move. Snails cannot live out of their shells.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoAnswer: There are many predators who would love to chomp on a soft morsel like the body of a hermit crab. It can't make it's own shells so it borrows those of a snail in order to protect its soft body from violent sun rays and violent predators.
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∙ 12y agono they don't . they grow back a new one as their shell slips off , just like how a snake sheds it's skin.
Actually I am looking for the answer as to why DID my Snail leave its own shell and crawl into another when it was already inhabited by another snail? And how long will this take before one or the other leaves or dies?
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∙ 13y agoFor protection. I drop snails alot. I study snails but on accident I drop them. With out their shell they would die. You can drop a snail from a 2 story building and it wouldn't die.
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Can you feed a baby yellow eared turtle hermit crab food?
Yes you can becausea turtle has a shell as well as a hermit crab. they both live in the water and eat simlar things.Yes you can because a turtle has a shell as well as a hermit crab.They both live in the water and eat simlar things.
A reptile with a hard shell that lives on land?
armadillo Armadillos aren't reptiles, they are mammals. Tortoises are totally terrestrial (live on land) and have a hard shell.
What kind of spider is this It has a white sea shell looking thing on it.. it has a brownish colored body kinda like a hermit crab and we found it in the woods in Ashtabula Ohio?
i live in NC and i saw one of those too on my front porch....well maybe not exactly the same thing, but i saw some creature that wasnt too big with what looked like spider's legs, but a turtle shell thing on its back.......this is too weird......
What do you call a person who desires to live alone?
recluse, hermit, loner.
Where Do Crab Spiders Live?
Most crab Spiders live in Kentucky, US and hide on flowers to catch there prey.
Why does a hermit crab live inside an empty snail shell?
They livde to gether because the shell is a home for the hermit crab!
Where is the best place for a hermit crab to live?
In their shell.
What does a neon blue striped hermit crab live in?
A shell suite
Can you name 3 animals that have a shell and live in water?
crab, hermit crab, and lobsterHermit crab is a kind of crab, and it doesn't actually has its own shell. Oysters have shell and lives in water.
Where can a hermit crab live?
they live in shells left by others example a welks shell
What type of shell does a hermit crab have?
Hermit crabs can have a variety of different shells, which are called different things. But the overall kind of shells they usually inhabit are sea snail shells, which are washed up onto the shore of the Caribbean of where they live.
Why do you think the hermit crab was given it name?
The hermit crab was given their names because they live in a shell, alone. But hermit crabs are the very sosial and you should buy at least 3 hermit crabs.
You just got another hermit crab today and you left it for 2 hours and it already moved into another shell why did it do that?
The hermit crab probably got too big to live its old shell, which is why it moved.
Can you feed a baby yellow eared turtle hermit crab food?
Yes you can becausea turtle has a shell as well as a hermit crab. they both live in the water and eat simlar things.Yes you can because a turtle has a shell as well as a hermit crab.They both live in the water and eat simlar things.
How long do hermit crab live?
A Hermit crab can live up to 100 years of age
Where did hermit crabs get their name?
Hermit crabs get their name by being of the crab family. The hermit part is because of how they live in a shell, alone. But they are very social creatures and live in the wild in hoards. A hermit crab should never be bought alone, being alone makes them get stressed and die easily.
Can a hermit crab live with fish?
They cannot live with a land hermit crab because land hermit crabs live out of water so the fish would die (as you know) if it is out of water.
