HCA: Hermit Crab Association

This was educating and interesting. I didn't know that coconut crabs have shells when they are younger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCkNSWz-IDc

Oh yeah, definitely! If I recall correctly, coconut crabs actually are similar to hermit crabs in that they will use shells when they're younger, and once they grow to a certain size, they grow hard exoskeletons because it is hard to find larger shells.

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There was a case here once - from member living in Indonesia - where they thought they had a giant Indo, but after some time it outgrew its shell, and they realized they had a coconut crab instead!