Test step 1: is shelled crabs remove live gastropods off their shells?
Test step 1: is shelled crabs remove live gastropods off their shells? Amazingly, some studies have reported that hermit crabs are able to deleting alive gastropods using their shells (age.g., Brightwell, 1951, Brightwell, 1953, Randall, 1964, Rutherford, 1977). For example, on prominent Western european hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus), Brightwell (1951) stated that “whelks was indeed …. Read More