National Geographic Kids - USA (2021-12)

STRAWBERRY HERMIT CRAB

If this crab invites you to come by

for leftovers, say no.

TRUE: These scavengers eat dead and

rotting things found along the shore.

They are the original beach cleanup

crew.

The crab could fit on this card.

TRUE: This photo is about its actual

size. A strawberry hermit crab is around

three inches long.

“Hermit” really does describe

this shy creature.

FALSE: This social crab often gathers

with others to share food or trade shells.

A hermit crab group can have up to a

hundred individuals.

When it outgrows its shell, the

crab searches for a larger shell.

TRUE: Sometimes it even forces out

another hermit crab from its shell, then

moves right in.

It chirps.

TRUE: The strawberry hermit crab

makes a rasping or chirping sound.

© BRENT STEPHENSON / NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY

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