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https://www.britannica.com/one-good-fact/why-is-hermit-crab-a-misleading-nameDespite its solitary-sounding name, the hermit crab lives in groups of a hundred or more. When a hermit crab outgrows a shell, they discard it for a new one. The others form a line and take turns trying on the old shell. Whoever takes that one sends along the shell they just replaced, and so on.
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10 Animals With Evolutionary Traits Plucked Straight Out of a Nightmare
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