Hermit Crab Changes Shells While Being Held by Woman

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This hermit crab was offered a new shell by a woman, who found the crab in Curry Hammock State Park at Marathon, Florida. She held the crab as it carefully inspected and later transferred itself to its new shell, while abandoning the old one.

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00:00This is a nice new upgrade, bud.

00:02It's a new upgrade. You'll be able to live a long, happy, healthy life in this.

00:07How often do they change their shells?

00:09How often they can find a nice new home.

00:14I love how they pick their head inside.

00:16A lot of times they spend a lot of time inside there because he's checking out the dimensions.

00:21As you can see, he's got his claws all the way around the outside of the shell.

00:24And then he'll stick his head inside there, and I always imagine them going,

00:30Hello!

00:31Is there anybody? Look, he's spinning it.

00:34Make sure nobody else is in there.

00:37Checking out the size, checking out the dimension.

00:40The fact that he's doing this in my hand is absolutely incredible.

00:46I'm doing everything I can not to let that fall backwards.

00:54It's a little bit big for you, buddy, but I think you would be able to live in this one for quite some time.

01:04It's probably better to have a little bigger one.

01:07Oh, yeah.

01:07Retreat further back in.

01:09They can totally retreat further back in.

01:10Like right now, from where the shell is broken, he has nowhere to go.

01:16I'm trying to give him more background.

01:20There he goes. Oh, my God.

01:21That is incredible.

01:24Oh, my God.

01:25I'm like dying right now.

01:26That was incredible.

01:28That is so cool.

01:29He completely just switched.

01:31He's like, you just got a new home, buddy.

01:36Yeah, that was really cool.

01:39I can't take you out to us with you.

01:41Oh, they do.

01:42A lot of times they have buyer's remorse.

01:45Oh, really?

01:46Yep.

01:47So now he's completely inside this other shell trying to determine if it's the right one he wants.

01:53Now, normally, if there were other hermit crabs right here with him, they would all be all over his empty shell.

01:59Oh, yeah.

02:00Look at you.

02:01Are you happy in your new house?

02:03He picked it.

02:04Almost.

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