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Ya know, when hermit crabs find a new shell and it’s too big for them they sit next to it. Others come try it and if its too big for them they sit next to it too.

But what’s interesting is they line up by size, with the largest crab closest to the shell.

Finally, when a big crab comes by and the shell fits, he drops the old one and the next largest crab gets it. That second crab drops his old one and the next crab gets it, etc, etc. All the crabs in line get a new shell as soon as the crab in front of them moves into their new shell.

So, yeah. I’d watch hermit crabs all day if I could too.

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Liz@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I would like to add that it’s this process plus a little bit of chaos. No one is being nice when it’s time to start switching, and crabs can stuck in a smaller shell than the one they started in when it’s all said and done.

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- Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Or worse yet, a shell that doesn’t work. Since sometimes the shells get damaged, so one crab throws away a perfectly good shell, and the one next in line takes it, leaving a crack den filled with thermites behind.
  
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  - photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thermites?? What kind of shell we talkin’ here? Artillery?
    
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    Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    “crack den” didn’t raise an eyebrow but “thermites” did? You found 50% of the jokes at least
    
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whostosay@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Holy shit, hermit crabs for president

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