This video was shot during my time volunteering at the Ostional Sea Turtle Rescue Project in Costa Rica 🇨🇷.
This is a 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙗, a type of land hermit crab 🦀.
• The left claw is larger and it serves as a weapon against predators such as cuttlefish & octopus. ⚔️
• Land hermit crabs require very humid air (at least 70% of humidity) to survive. 💦💨
• Both marine and land hermit crabs use gills for breathing.
• All types of hermit crabs mate in the ocean. 🌊
• Hermit crab "migrates" from one shell to another as it grows. 🐚
• Hermit crabs have an average lifespan of 15 to 20 years. Some land hermit crabs, such as Coenobita brevimanus, can survive from 12 to 70 years!
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