Hermit Crab facts: what's under the shell? | Animal Fact Files

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover some animals who have the name hermit but probably don't deserve it.
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[@mercenarygundam1487]

Hey look, it's my spirit animal.

[@gameskyjumper1721]

I used to own 3 hermit crabs. When it wants to move to a bigger home you can find it outside of shell sometimes. If it didn't find the right size of shell in time it would go back to its old shell and wait a little bit more. If it gets too big but couldn't find a proper shell, it would die.

[@FACELESS_VOID_00]

Ah, yes. I remember having a Hermit Crabs as a pet when I was a toddler and my uncle always throws them away whenever I have Hermit Crabs. That thing wasted my money and scarred me for life.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Oh my gosh! That sounds really traumatic! I hate to hear that for you!

[@axjagfilms]

F chain

[@g0atman88]

I love hermit crabs, there so cute

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Completely agreed!

[@Col28]

So... not hermits and not crabs. Yet another animal with a misleading common name.
I had no idea there were so many variations of hermit crabs. Pretty cool! Thanks for the video.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

The misleading common names do go a bit to explain why scientific names are so important (but even those change, too...). Glad you enjoyed it!

[@igris6128]

Great video and Happy holidays guys!

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Happy Holidays! Best wishes for the new year!! =)

[@Iwatch2019cartoonsobsessively]

I used to have one when I was five that I named
Wait for it…
*freckie whooie*

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

My sister and I used to have those in pets when we were younger.

[@Hyperion-5744]

I used to have the red and dark blue hermit crabs as pets a long time ago.

[@mf6610]

One time I saw a horde of hermit crabs eating a piece of processed food

[@AnimalFactFiles]

That would be fascinating and maybe a little unsettling 😅

[@mf6610]

@@AnimalFactFiles Wasn't unsettling to me when I saw it

[@robertturner2770]

Man , those hermit crabs don't move that slow. They are fast as hell! I used to see them all the time when I'd go fishing over in Suffolk Virginia. As soon as you'd take a step towards them they'd scurry back into their burrows.

[@asktony6913]

can he walk backwards like the other crabs can?

[@marci3081]

asktony yes

[@ThienNguyen-lk8lm]

I am a hermit crab

[@penny_the_wiser413]

I had a Hermit crab named Pebbles.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

What a great name 😺

[@annadenae3421]

Hello! May I use this video as a reference for a website?

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Sure! As long as you link back here and credit us you're good! Would love to see how it's used!

[@xyrielmixvedios]

hi sir thank you for sharing your vedios. can i use this vedio for uploading?

[@praetorianrex5571]

Do you reply to comments?

[@AnimalFactFiles]

We try to!

[@younoob5066]

no i cAN bE tHe OnLy TrAsH mAn

[@peep1234]

They hurt when they pinch

[@dj_shelldon3598]

Are they related to spiders

[@thegamerboy1945]

What if a kid finds a shell that a hermit crab is in and is in it right now and he picks it up

[@axjagfilms]

I did that once and put it back, but made a sand castle for it before leaving

[@Harry-rj6kh]

The only Hermit crabs I've seen here in Baja were the ones that hang out near the water, not the ones who only live on land, although I've seen then hundreds of feet from shore wandering around the cactus.

[@imcrazyforwar]

This sounds like the guy from off hand disney

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Not quite, but he is from Cinema Nippon. 😉

[@zinedinemayauttp306]

You should do rinkhals

[@Cavegeckosol]

Also known for murdering all of my trochus snails for their shells.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

That's diabolical...

[@luluzhao7755]

Marina McKinle

[@ginmaria117]

Ah murder in the ocean..lol

[@rramos5611]

No he is not

[@Littletonn]

🦈

[@wawathulu5637]

First plutos not a planet, then hermit crabs arent crabs. Im so sick of this crap!

[@yanderesandwich3037]

There so cute!!!!!! Not like those evil ugly coconut 🦀crabs

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Oh no! What's wrong with coconut crabs?