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Recent Examples on the Web The hermit crab shells found in this survey were heavily damaged, and researchers suggested this was a sign of cannibalism or competition for lodging among hermit crabs that were stuck. — Sherry Liang, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021 In rough weather, however, Derreumaux will have to climb inside the cabin and hunker down like a hermit crab rather than power through. — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2021 Take the king crab’s ancestor, for instance—the hermit crab. — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 14 Dec. 2020 She’s like a creature of the earth, a veritable human hermit crab. — Justin Chang Film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020 In the mix there was a giant hermit crab, a polar bear taking a selfie next to a narwhal, a mushroom cap, Mr. Potato Head, Snoopy and an octopus emerging from the pages of an open book and gripping its tentacles around a submarine. — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2020 That may make hermit crabs one of the first animals known to experience wealth inequality. — Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2019 In one famous photograph a mannequin’s hand protrudes from the shell of a hermit crab, which sits on a beach below a stormy sky (Untitled, Hand-Shell, 1934. Pictured, top). — The Economist, 3 Dec. 2019 Crabs—coconut crabs plus the smaller, more numerous strawberry hermit crabs—swarmed the body, removing most of the flesh within two weeks. — Rachel Hartigan Shea, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2019 See More

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