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Did You Know? The Orange-Striped Hermit Crab looks for a bigger shell when it grows
bigger. It looks for a shell that is big enough so it can hide deep inside it
for protection. When it is shopping for shells, it can fight with other
hermit crabs over a shell that it wants.
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Physical Appearance – What does it look like? The Orange-Striped Hermit Crab has two claws
or pincers that are orange with white bumps. Its four walking legs are brown
with orange stripes. It carries an empty shell everywhere it goes for
protection. Usually, this is an empty snail shell. |
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Habitat – Where does it live? Orange-Striped Hermit Crabs can be found in mangroves, on shores and
among seagrasses. In Singapore, you can find them on the sand bars of Chek
Jawa Wetlands and the seagrass flats of Changi beach. |
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Diet – What does it eat? Orange-Striped Hermit Crabs are not picky eaters. They eat anything
from algae to dead animals! |
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bumps, walking legs, brown with orange stripes, mangroves, shores,
seagrasses, sand bars, seagrass flats, picky eaters, algae, dead animals |
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Orange-Striped Hermit Crabs
can be found in mangroves, on shores and
among seagrasses. In Singapore, you can find them on the sand bars of Chek
Jawa Wetlands and the seagrass
flats on Changi beach. |
