Article: Hello, little crab.(Science)

Article: Shell-selection behavior of the hermit crab Pagurus ...
Journal of Shellfish Research;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... supply and this shortage may influence hermit crab shell selection behavior. In this study ... Pagurus granosimanus (Stimpson), a hermit crab from San Juan Island, WA. The hermit ... switching may have a long-term effect on hermit crab defense against predation, in turn ...

Article: Hermit crab finds a safe haven in ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Moving Day" by Robert Kalan - "Hermit Crab Moves House" by Linda Hartley - "Is There A House For Hermit Crab?" by Megan McDonald - "A House ... becomes a permanent addition to the hermit crab, which hangs onto the shell day and ...

Article: SLOWPOKES NEED NOT APPLY CRUSTACEANS SHOW THEIR STUFF DURING ...
The Virginian Pilot;  July 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Then, maybe, just maybe, into the hermit crab hall of fame. Dutzer and her team would ... leagues at the first Mid-Atlantic Hermit Crab Challenge hosted by Beachevents at the ... finals, eventually bowing out to a hermit crab from Richmond. ``We had fun, and ...

Article: Coenobichnus currani (new ichnogenus and ichnospec and ...
Journal of Paleontology;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... walking trace, attributed to a land hermit crab, is described herein as Coenobichnus ... trace that are diagnostic of modern land hermit crab walking traces. The overall size ... to those produced by the modern land hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus, which occurs ...

Article: Hermit Crab's Home.(Brief article)(Children's ...
Children's Bookwatch;  January 1, 2008 ;     486 words ...Hermit Crab's Home Janet Halfmann, author Bob ... 16.95 www.soundprints.com Hermit Crab's Home is a fascinating children ... the life cycle of an ordinary female hermit crab. From the beginning of her life as ...

Article: ivory towers How to sell shells to the discerning, first-time ...
The Independent - London;  August 27, 1996 ;     638 words ... ... shell-selection behaviour of the hermit crab, which estate agents might find ... basic question is: how does a hermit crab decide which shell to live in? According to "Shell exchanges in the hermit crab" (by BA Hazlett; Animal Behaviour ...

Article: They're your pets, not souvenirs, say hermit crab ...
Press of Atlantic City;  July 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... normally think of when they picture a hermit crab. Clustered among other hermit crabs ... good care can extend the life of a pet hermit crab to that of a wild crab, which can live ... among a small but dedicated group of hermit crab advocates, making certain that prospective ...