Home is where your shell is! 🐚 Did you know that sometimes when a new shell turns up, hermit crabs will form a line, biggest to smallest, to see which animal fits the new shell? Crabs in general amaze us in so many different ways. Lately, we filmed Sally Lightfoot crabs while walking on water to escape from eels and octopuses. It was stunning!
I love how many things live on the shell with the hermit crabs. You caught a whole bunch of species in your footage including barnacles, many kinds of algae, sponges, and hydroids. Great work, as always!
They are called “boarding crabs” or “tenant crabs” in Chinese, so I always knew they lived in someone else’s shells. Common name of animals can sometimes be quite efficient in explaining their lifestyle or behaviour, if the people giving those names have been observing very carefully.
I wish they were an hour-long, I love this stuff. It's at the point where I know most of whatever type of animal doc I watch because I've watched so many of them. But I grab at any animal/natural education show even if it's something I know about or have seen in different shows a million times. I just love them and the animals showcased so much.
I remember thinking hermit crabs grow with their own shells and learning they grab snail shells to protect their soft yummy body blew my tiny 12 year old mind. This is sending me back to that moment, thank you!
The crabs waiting for the snail to die before occupying its shell 👏 .....something that even humans could learn. Big respect for these crabs.....and you too Deep Look 🙂
loved the info tip at the end that nearly all pet hermit crabs are taken from the wild. To add to that, if you're a current hermit owner, do not go set them free at your local beach out of guilt. Mainly because what you have is likely a LAND hermit crab, and if you for example toss them "back into the ocean" they will actually drown, as land hermits don't actually live in the oceans, more so *near them* in the tree brush. Additionally, they likely came from somewhere far from where you live. So if you do not have the same local species of hermits in your area, please just simply continue to care for them as best you can, or adopt them off to someone who will if you need to get rid of them. Hermits can live upwards to 40 years, so they are quite a commitment, but very enjoyable little dudes. Just make sure to care for them responsibly! They deserve it
I have a reef aquarium with snails and hermits. In my experience, hermits will happily murder a snail for its shell, though they prefer one that's already empty.
Brings back memories of catching these guys up in Jenner. Great to see Deep Look cover them! Got another topic for your consideration: Click beetles! They are fairly common in the Bay Area and they'd make an excellent creature to cover. Cheers!
I owned a pair of hermits for 5 years. They got along well, never fighting for the shells. However the moment one passed away, the remaining crab took that shell and stayed until their own passing.
Wow these crabs have a really hardcore dependence on those snails. I wonder how that evolved. I also wonder if they can use other things as homes, maybe the shells are just their best option?
A more lobster-like crustacean living around snail shells probably first started using empty shells for protection when molting, eventually relying on it more and more until it became soft-bodied to hold the shell permanently. It gives them much better protection over conventional crabs and lobsters at the cost of mobility. And yes certain species of hermits have been observed using human trash like metal cans as shells if they cannot find anything else.
I’m curious though, if you put them in a aquarium and they only had one snail in there too, would they really never kill that snail to get its shell, while shell-less or becoming too big for theirs?
Nah, they don't recycle the shells, i.e. they don't break it apart into useful bits for smaller organisms. They just make use of the remains of dead snails.
No kidding about the obsession. I once watched a video of one snail eating another, and there was a bunch of hermit crabs gathered around waiting for the shell to drop. One of them was so impatient that it hopped in while the shell was still in the snail's mouth.
Some species of hermit crabs have anemones hitch a ride on their snail-shell. When the hermit crab moves house, it uses a special 'tickle' to give the anemones the cue to detach from the old shell so that the hermit can transplant them onto the new, bigger shell. Anemone gets easier access to food by way of moving around with the hermit crab, hermit crab has some extra protection because most things just don't bother messing with the stinging of an anemone.
I went to a beach shortly after watching this video, I really wanted to see a hermit crab switching shells and so I looked for empty sea shells by the shore then went into tide pools that had many hermit crabs and was able to see many gathering to check out the shells I’d dropped in for them! I noticed one hermie had a broken shell exposing its behind so I’d found a shell a size bigger than it’s old one AND I SAW IT COME OUT OF ITS OLD SHELL AND SWITCH INTO THE SHINY NEW ONE ID GOTTEN IT 😭 SUCH A COOL EXPERIENCE!! I thought that it would’ve taken a longer time for the hermies to want to switch out of shells since tide pools have a few predators from the skies but they were doing it right in front of me! I’ve seen many animals in tide pools since I’m from North Cali but have never seen sea stars any recommendations as to what beaches have tide pools with stars? 🙃Does Deep Look have an episode of starfish 😯?
Hi Fanny - how fantastic! Thanks for sharing your story. Some species of sea stars have become rare in recent years. And yes we have done a video about them. :-) ruclips.net/video/9rxf_2EgwfE/видео.html #inspo
@@KQEDDeepLook Thank you for the link! Thats quite unfortunate to hear since sea stars are keystone species increasing biodiversity, I think I’d heard somewhere that there was a decline of sea stars due to some sort of disease or bacteria killing them off ☹️
As always an amazing quality video! I loved watching it and learned something new 😍 Especially the footage of the crab with the open shell was really educational to see how they always keep hold of their shells. Thank you Deep Look ✌️
Oh! Oh! This cuties ^^ In my city, we used to call it "Pong Pong An". When im younger i always love to have hermit crabs as pets. They are adorableeee ♡
Great video, only thing is, after caring for salt water aquariums for a good few year, hermits aren't the most patient and will 100% kill a snail for its shell! xD
Awwww I had hermit crabs as a kid maybe 5/6 of them. They were fun, I’d watch them crawl around for hours, sometimes letting them walk up my arm. This brought back some really cool memories. 👍
I once saw a strange looking rock when I picked it up I saw that it was a hallow piece of coral with the tiny tips of a hermits legs retracting deeper in. I put it next to some shells on the beach (one also containing a hermit).
I love to play with these Hermit Crabs at the beach back when i was a child also what fascinating info about hermit crabs good thing i learn something new everyday from the internet
Hi, I am a RUclipsr from Taiwan. I am making a video of hermit crab. sudddenly I saw your video. I love this video so much and I am wondering if I can use this video for about 10-15 seconds in my video on RUclips. If you are willing please let me know, thank you
I never seen a hermit Crab so close before they are so cool with taking over with new shells in leave there old ones for other hermit crabs to Used if they need a new one after all the shells are there homes
Home is where your shell is! 🐚
Did you know that sometimes when a new shell turns up, hermit crabs will form a line, biggest to smallest, to see which animal fits the new shell? Crabs in general amaze us in so many different ways. Lately, we filmed Sally Lightfoot crabs while walking on water to escape from eels and octopuses. It was stunning!
I'd truly love to see a line of hermit crabs trying on a shell.😊👍🏻🐚
One crab to outwalk them all :D!
@@sancraianugabriel7580 😆👍🏻
@@IntrepidFraidyCat they one from. Bbc
Me when the
Hermit crab finds a dead snail corpse..
Hermit Crab: "It's Free Real Estate."
I knew I would find this comment 😂😂😂🤣
XD
@@25madebayukhrisnaagung61 and a free meal
I love how many things live on the shell with the hermit crabs. You caught a whole bunch of species in your footage including barnacles, many kinds of algae, sponges, and hydroids.
Great work, as always!
So nice of you to say, thanks!
Deep Look Hi, love your channel!
@@KQEDDeepLook if you respond to me I will eat a bowl of Cheerios
How is the comment from 3 days ago while the video was posted 30 minutes ago?
@@Merito932 I’m a patron so I get early access. I wanted to help out financially since I could and I love their content so much
Hermit crabs are so cute I love how they scuttle around 😊
excellent this is exactly what i needed to watch this morning ❤️
So glad kandyrew!
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Its night here
The Caustic main needs more ideas for his experiments.
Same
They are called “boarding crabs” or “tenant crabs” in Chinese, so I always knew they lived in someone else’s shells. Common name of animals can sometimes be quite efficient in explaining their lifestyle or behaviour, if the people giving those names have been observing very carefully.
I would sit through these videos even if they were an hour long.
that would be even better, I feel they are kinda short because they are very interesting and need more time to appreciate everything going on
I wish they were an hour-long, I love this stuff. It's at the point where I know most of whatever type of animal doc I watch because I've watched so many of them. But I grab at any animal/natural education show even if it's something I know about or have seen in different shows a million times. I just love them and the animals showcased so much.
I remember thinking hermit crabs grow with their own shells and learning they grab snail shells to protect their soft yummy body blew my tiny 12 year old mind. This is sending me back to that moment, thank you!
You are welcome Syaz!
The way they swoop out quickly so nobody sees their little lower body 😂😍
i love the little shuffling sounds they make when switching shells
The way Laura narrates it and the background music makes me so interested to listen❤️❤️❤️
I always wonder how Hermit Crabs got their shells. Its actually from the snails!
So cute and funny!! I love when they whip their little butts into the new shell 😂
The crabs waiting for the snail to die before occupying its shell 👏 .....something that even humans could learn. Big respect for these crabs.....and you too Deep Look 🙂
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It’s so amazing how hermit crabs 🐚🦀 are adapted to Recycle ♻️ snail shells by reusing them!!!
those shells would actually turn to sand in some years of degradation and corrosion. They just take what they find, nothing about recycling, really.
@@sancraianugabriel7580 I know, I study science, I just thought it would be nice to put a comment like this for fun 🦀
loved the info tip at the end that nearly all pet hermit crabs are taken from the wild.
To add to that, if you're a current hermit owner, do not go set them free at your local beach out of guilt.
Mainly because what you have is likely a LAND hermit crab, and if you for example toss them "back into the ocean" they will actually drown, as land hermits don't actually live in the oceans, more so *near them* in the tree brush. Additionally, they likely came from somewhere far from where you live. So if you do not have the same local species of hermits in your area, please just simply continue to care for them as best you can, or adopt them off to someone who will if you need to get rid of them. Hermits can live upwards to 40 years, so they are quite a commitment, but very enjoyable little dudes.
Just make sure to care for them responsibly! They deserve it
Basically when people hear about a sale in the mall but in the sea 🦀 🛍 🛒 🌊
Hermit crabs: Mother Nature's own predatory real estate market
"The hermit crabs won't kill the snail"
*0.1 seconds later*
wait for the snail to die and eat its carcass and say "Escargot, anyone?"
Finally, a video showing where did those shells come from.
I have a reef aquarium with snails and hermits. In my experience, hermits will happily murder a snail for its shell, though they prefer one that's already empty.
Sadly, acidity of the ocean make hard the ability of snails grow their shells and is as always our contamination fault.
Yup we're doing a lot of damage to the oceans. Due to increase in acidity tonnes of CO2 is getting released from the oceans per year.
Japan is releasing nuclear waste water into the Pacific Ocean, worry this instead
Japan is releasing nuclear waste water into the pacific ocean worry this instead
@@Nausica315 I just said it
@@Nausica315 really, that is a tiny, tiny issue. don't panic about that one.
I'll never get tired of hermit crab shell discourse.
Another worth the wait mini documentary. Keep it up, Deep Look! 😌❤
Thank you! Will do!
In a million years we will see evolved hermit crabs farming snails for shells.
Man this Type of video is so relaxing, I love the narrator's voice.
Brings back memories of catching these guys up in Jenner. Great to see Deep Look cover them! Got another topic for your consideration: Click beetles! They are fairly common in the Bay Area and they'd make an excellent creature to cover. Cheers!
We have them in the Ozarks, too. So cool!
Great suggestion! Thanks WorldScott.
this channel's sound designer and composer are the best
Amazing that you found one with a broken shell! The footage for this video was absolutely delightful
Glad you enjoyed it
I have always seen them snuggling inside the shelves so this video feels like a forbidden knowledge that no humans i allowed to see 😂
I owned a pair of hermits for 5 years. They got along well, never fighting for the shells. However the moment one passed away, the remaining crab took that shell and stayed until their own passing.
Finally a great video about hermit crabs
It's fascinating just watching a hermit crab, learning how they survive
Reject humanity; ascend to crab.
Wow these crabs have a really hardcore dependence on those snails. I wonder how that evolved. I also wonder if they can use other things as homes, maybe the shells are just their best option?
A more lobster-like crustacean living around snail shells probably first started using empty shells for protection when molting, eventually relying on it more and more until it became soft-bodied to hold the shell permanently. It gives them much better protection over conventional crabs and lobsters at the cost of mobility. And yes certain species of hermits have been observed using human trash like metal cans as shells if they cannot find anything else.
It's theorized that they first used ammonite shells as homes, before switching to snail shells as ammonites went extinct.
I have a rescue crab and I’m always looking to learn more about her. Thanks for this awesome video!
I’m curious though, if you put them in a aquarium and they only had one snail in there too, would they really never kill that snail to get its shell, while shell-less or becoming too big for theirs?
if only I could change my place as often as a hermit crab ~
Yeah sadly there is no giant snails for humans to have their shells LoL :)
Hermit crabs are like the ocean recyclers ♻️ 😄, it’s so cool!
Nah, they don't recycle the shells, i.e. they don't break it apart into useful bits for smaller organisms. They just make use of the remains of dead snails.
More like theyre the reuse fanatic of the ocean
Not recycling, repurposing. If I empty a box of candy and fill it up with pencils, I didn't recycle the box, I repurposed it.
I've always wondered what a hermit crab looked like in there!
No kidding about the obsession. I once watched a video of one snail eating another, and there was a bunch of hermit crabs gathered around waiting for the shell to drop. One of them was so impatient that it hopped in while the shell was still in the snail's mouth.
Big fan for years, please do a video on Cordyceps life cycle on Caterpillars
Never knew hermit crabs’ bodies looked like that. I thought they’d be bulky but I’m surprised to see they kinda look like lobsters.
They're more closely related to lobsters than true crabs
@@yazansakran3326 I see. Thanks, that makes sense.
Wow! I really love Hermit Crabs!❤🦀🐚🐌
Snails sure has a big part in a hermit crab's life, its so fascinating to see them moving from one shell to another.
Some species of hermit crabs have anemones hitch a ride on their snail-shell. When the hermit crab moves house, it uses a special 'tickle' to give the anemones the cue to detach from the old shell so that the hermit can transplant them onto the new, bigger shell. Anemone gets easier access to food by way of moving around with the hermit crab, hermit crab has some extra protection because most things just don't bother messing with the stinging of an anemone.
They are so polite to the snails, they wait for them to die instead of killing them
I love the mystical bell ring every time the hermit swaps shells hehe
Lord, I love this channel!
I went to a beach shortly after watching this video, I really wanted to see a hermit crab switching shells and so I looked for empty sea shells by the shore then went into tide pools that had many hermit crabs and was able to see many gathering to check out the shells I’d dropped in for them! I noticed one hermie had a broken shell exposing its behind so I’d found a shell a size bigger than it’s old one AND I SAW IT COME OUT OF ITS OLD SHELL AND SWITCH INTO THE SHINY NEW ONE ID GOTTEN IT 😭 SUCH A COOL EXPERIENCE!! I thought that it would’ve taken a longer time for the hermies to want to switch out of shells since tide pools have a few predators from the skies but they were doing it right in front of me! I’ve seen many animals in tide pools since I’m from North Cali but have never seen sea stars any recommendations as to what beaches have tide pools with stars? 🙃Does Deep Look have an episode of starfish 😯?
Hi Fanny - how fantastic! Thanks for sharing your story. Some species of sea stars have become rare in recent years. And yes we have done a video about them. :-) ruclips.net/video/9rxf_2EgwfE/видео.html #inspo
@@KQEDDeepLook Thank you for the link! Thats quite unfortunate to hear since sea stars are keystone species increasing biodiversity, I think I’d heard somewhere that there was a decline of sea stars due to some sort of disease or bacteria killing them off ☹️
“If it fits, I sits” 😌
As always an amazing quality video! I loved watching it and learned something new 😍 Especially the footage of the crab with the open shell was really educational to see how they always keep hold of their shells. Thank you Deep Look ✌️
Oh! Oh! This cuties ^^ In my city, we used to call it "Pong Pong An". When im younger i always love to have hermit crabs as pets. They are adorableeee ♡
Great video, only thing is, after caring for salt water aquariums for a good few year, hermits aren't the most patient and will 100% kill a snail for its shell! xD
Perhaps it’s about availability? Were there empty shells available to them when they killed a snail?
Just curious 😆
I couldn’t help but laugh at that one crab getting bullied, poor little guy XD
Crabs: have their shell.
Hermit crab: Basic Economic
Awwww I had hermit crabs as a kid maybe 5/6 of them. They were fun, I’d watch them crawl around for hours, sometimes letting them walk up my arm. This brought back some really cool memories. 👍
It would be awesome if you guys did an episode about fireflies!! Especially sense it’s the season :)
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I lived in Canary Islands (Spain) and in the beaches of Gran Canaria i saw hermit crabs using rocks as a shell. Smart crabs :)
I just got done watching hermit crabs fight snails and trading shells within the community in the tide pools in hawaii
Waiting for the host to die to take the house is WAYYYYY nicer than 99% of the animals on this planet
Snail: **dies**
Hermit Crabs: *"It's free real estate!"*
When I was kid, I used to go to the beach to catch them for hermit crab racing with my other friends.
Hermit crabs are obsessed with _survival_ just like any other living being. 😊
I love the narration and amazing content these videos have
Snail: man i dead *dies*
Hermit crabs: its showtime.
Thanks for the new video DeepLook!
3:14 crab inside: leave me alone dude! I’m trying to get some sleep!
It's like "Hungry Hungry Hippos" and "Hot Potato" Mixed together; where the winner gets a new home!
Some incredible videography and information!! Thanks making these videos!!! These are so informative and fun to watch!!
Good work Deep Look!!👍👍
Our pleasure!
Hermit crabs are the embodiment of "It's free real estate"
Everytime they post a new video my endorphins goes up
I always did wonder if Hermit Crabs kill off the sea snails, guess I was wrong and learned something new
Thank you deep look for all these efforts.. I Always enjoy the show.
Our pleasure!
Its cute how they dig out the sand off the shells 😊
I feel sad for the crab with broken shell at first but so glad it found new, better home at last. Happy ending 🥰
Hermit crab
BBC Earth : *Exchange Properties*
DeepLook : *Battle Royale*
*Thank you deep look for introducing me to my new favorite sea animal lol*
This is cool! And nice to learn from this yt channel
Crabs are my fav! Please make more crab vids!
Ayo these crabs really said, “ *OUR* SHELL.”
Snail: So... the shell is going to take about 30yrs
Hermit crab: Can you do it in 15?
dead snail: exists
hermit crab: free estate!
Hermit carb is what I needed to know about cause at coincidence my bio project is to write about them so thanks
:00 they just swoop in like that
I remember how I first saw my first hermit crab so little and so fragile but so cute
I love these videos! I always have to stop what I am doing just to watch these. Keep up the good work!
Glad you enjoy it Scully!
I once saw a strange looking rock when I picked it up I saw that it was a hallow piece of coral with the tiny tips of a hermits legs retracting deeper in.
I put it next to some shells on the beach (one also containing a hermit).
Snails: Exist
Hermit crab: It’s free real estate
I had some as pets as a kid. Loved these little things. I had like five of them
Why and how did some comments says 3 days ago if its just uploaded? (1 min ago)
So it's basically Black Friday shopping for crabs
Hermet crab: I want that shell
Snail: dies
Hermet crab: (eats corpse and steals shell)
Humans: my grandma lived in this house, I'm not moving
Hermit crabs to snail shells: *it's free real estate*
I love to play with these Hermit Crabs at the beach back when i was a child also what fascinating info about hermit crabs good thing i learn something new everyday from the internet
Hi, I am a RUclipsr from Taiwan.
I am making a video of hermit crab.
sudddenly I saw your video.
I love this video so much and I am wondering if I can use this video for about 10-15 seconds in my video on RUclips.
If you are willing please let me know, thank you
I want an 1 hour documentary about the Colorado river in Texas
I never seen a hermit Crab so close before they are so cool with taking over with new shells in leave there old ones for other hermit crabs to Used if they need a new one after all the shells are there homes
I cant believe they act like horrible neighbors just to get another crab to move out of its home!