These Feisty Hermit Crabs Brawl Over Snail Shells | Deep Look

[@terramater]

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!

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

I'd truly love to see a line of hermit crabs trying on a shell.😊👍🏻🐚

[@sancraianugabriel7580]

One crab to outwalk them all :D!

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

@@sancraianugabriel7580 😆👍🏻

[@bigsecretofind]

@@IntrepidFraidyCat they one from. Bbc

[@pancakeisagamer]

Me when the

[@crakolington]

Hermit crab finds a dead snail corpse.. Hermit Crab: "It's Free Real Estate."

[@25madebayukhrisnaagung61]

I knew I would find this comment 😂😂😂🤣

[@TheAutisticFrog]

XD

[@jamesbizs]

@@25madebayukhrisnaagung61 and a free meal

[@zoereidinger]

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!

[@KQEDDeepLook]

So nice of you to say, thanks!

[@oceania5831]

Deep Look Hi, love your channel!

[@danksanchez4324]

@@KQEDDeepLook if you respond to me I will eat a bowl of Cheerios

[@Merito932]

How is the comment from 3 days ago while the video was posted 30 minutes ago?

[@zoereidinger]

@@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

[@Chezmeralda]

Hermit crabs are so cute I love how they scuttle around 😊

[@kandyrew]

excellent this is exactly what i needed to watch this morning ❤️

[@KQEDDeepLook]

So glad kandyrew!

[@danksanchez4324]

Oh hey it’s the KZbin apex legends guy

[@jmsagrifarms3549]

Its night here

[@redwinedrummer]

The Caustic main needs more ideas for his experiments.

[@smearlint0925]

Same

[@tannercarlson7419]

I would sit through these videos even if they were an hour long.

[@Oscar4u69]

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

[@boyinblue.]

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.

[@MsWinterlife]

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.

[@salsadipbox1098]

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!

[@KQEDDeepLook]

You are welcome Syaz!

[@tgnm9615]

I always wonder how Hermit Crabs got their shells. Its actually from the snails!

[@dmedwards26]

The way they swoop out quickly so nobody sees their little lower body 😂😍

[@avahampton]

i love the little shuffling sounds they make when switching shells

[@SpencerKlouds]

The way Laura narrates it and the background music makes me so interested to listen❤️❤️❤️

[@etsyziii]

Another worth the wait mini documentary. Keep it up, Deep Look! 😌❤

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Thank you! Will do!

[@brianpj5860]

So cute and funny!! I love when they whip their little butts into the new shell 😂

[@TheAaa1919]

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 🙂

[@jakubsolar4670]

Parents: KZbin is not a good entertaiment After seeing this: Maybe I treated you too harshly

[@takayanagi-senseissurprise2104]

Basically when people hear about a sale in the mall but in the sea 🦀 🛍 🛒 🌊

[@ethanssciencechannel7897]

It’s so amazing how hermit crabs 🐚🦀 are adapted to Recycle ♻️ snail shells by reusing them!!!

[@sancraianugabriel7580]

those shells would actually turn to sand in some years of degradation and corrosion. They just take what they find, nothing about recycling, really.

[@ethanssciencechannel7897]

@@sancraianugabriel7580 I know, I study science, I just thought it would be nice to put a comment like this for fun 🦀

[@teumehamada820]

Man this Type of video is so relaxing, I love the narrator's voice.

[@WorldScott]

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!

[@YSLRD]

We have them in the Ozarks, too. So cool!

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Great suggestion! Thanks WorldScott.

[@BenRusk11]

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

[@ST0AT]

Hermit crabs: Mother Nature's own predatory real estate market

[@josekanashiro3610]

Sadly, acidity of the ocean make hard the ability of snails grow their shells and is as always our contamination fault.

[@Tempst]

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.

[@Nausica315]

Japan is releasing nuclear waste water into the Pacific Ocean, worry this instead

[@Nausica315]

Japan is releasing nuclear waste water into the pacific ocean worry this instead

[@josekanashiro3610]

@@Nausica315 I just said it

[@thomasneal9291]

@@Nausica315 really, that is a tiny, tiny issue. don't panic about that one.

[@matrixraizel7471]

Finally, a video showing where did those shells come from.

[@jasepoag8930]

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.

[@OstentatiousClown]

In a million years we will see evolved hermit crabs farming snails for shells.

[@salt-emoji]

I'll never get tired of hermit crab shell discourse.

[@nederlandschkat]

"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?"

[@ervin9805]

this channel's sound designer and composer are the best

[@Feebelle]

Amazing that you found one with a broken shell! The footage for this video was absolutely delightful

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tailuong-le1100]

I have always seen them snuggling inside the shelves so this video feels like a forbidden knowledge that no humans i allowed to see 😂

[@luxtrous]

Finally a great video about hermit crabs

[@Arxhe_4O4]

It's fascinating just watching a hermit crab, learning how they survive

[@jocosesonata]

Reject humanity; ascend to crab.

[@kingvulturo]

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.

[@dsneoslwmss]

Wow! I really love Hermit Crabs!❤🦀🐚🐌

[@danielzvids]

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 ✌️

[@sarthaksuman6554]

Some incredible videography and information!! Thanks making these videos!!! These are so informative and fun to watch!! Good work Deep Look!!👍👍

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Our pleasure!

[@yumibro8121]

I have a rescue crab and I’m always looking to learn more about her. Thanks for this awesome video!

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

Lord, I love this channel!

[@yonatanbeer3475]

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?

[@skrubknight884]

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.

[@rattyeely]

It's theorized that they first used ammonite shells as homes, before switching to snail shells as ammonites went extinct.

[@user-ix7iu4wf8o]

if only I could change my place as often as a hermit crab ~

[@reieben886]

Yeah sadly there is no giant snails for humans to have their shells LoL :)

[@aygtets]

I've always wondered what a hermit crab looked like in there!

[@AfraidMonsters]

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?

[@ethanssciencechannel7897]

Hermit crabs are like the ocean recyclers ♻️ 😄, it’s so cool!

[@botanic3428]

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.

[@Username-le4eq]

More like theyre the reuse fanatic of the ocean

[@lostpockets2227]

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.

[@stegosaur9812]

I love the narration and amazing content these videos have

[@zenwang_naga]

Thank you deep look for all these efforts.. I Always enjoy the show.

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Our pleasure!

[@pikagelly7465]

“If it fits, I sits” 😌

[@kaylathehedgehog2005]

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.

[@XxJu5tiCexX]

I love these videos! I always have to stop what I am doing just to watch these. Keep up the good work!

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Glad you enjoy it Scully!

[@ravish89]

Big fan for years, please do a video on Cordyceps life cycle on Caterpillars

[@keniawoniyi8486]

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.

[@yazansakran3326]

They're more closely related to lobsters than true crabs

[@keniawoniyi8486]

@@yazansakran3326 I see. Thanks, that makes sense.

[@3takoyakis]

The crab are so polite they didnt team up to beat those snails to death instead, they wait till the snail died

[@fannys.8013]

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 😯?

[@KQEDDeepLook]

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. :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6Pbl5JoesyqnKc #inspo

[@fannys.8013]

@@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 ☹️

[@polosays677]

This is cool! And nice to learn from this yt channel

[@YoutubeCensorship.]

Thanks for the new video DeepLook!

[@kiarasantosa5073]

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 ♡

[@gumipanda00]

I love the mystical bell ring every time the hermit swaps shells hehe

[@Sweet4Swirllix]

Snails sure has a big part in a hermit crab's life, its so fascinating to see them moving from one shell to another.

[@cherylslane9727]

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. 👍

[@pedrochagas9903]

They are so polite to the snails, they wait for them to die instead of killing them

[@rishimasinha3303]

Thank you deep look❣️✨ It's just great to see these phenomena from deep oceans directly through a video all because of your effort! It's very informative and keep up the good work guys!❣️✨

[@SillyMegalodon]

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.

[@mjrussell414]

I’m just so confused now. So what do baby crabs do until they are big enough to find a shell? Did the crabs evolve their body shape specifically to fit discarded snail shells? Like which came first - the chicken or the egg? Hermit crabs certainly are fascinating and resourceful creatures.

[@troidesproject9631]

When I was kid, I used to go to the beach to catch them for hermit crab racing with my other friends.

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

Crabs: have their shell. Hermit crab: Basic Economic

[@redclanwool1590]

I just got done watching hermit crabs fight snails and trading shells within the community in the tide pools in hawaii

[@Smorgasbord.]

Hermit crabs are obsessed with _survival_ just like any other living being. 😊

[@Axol_N_Krimm]

I lived in Canary Islands (Spain) and in the beaches of Gran Canaria i saw hermit crabs using rocks as a shell. Smart crabs :)

[@MelStaub]

I couldn’t help but laugh at that one crab getting bullied, poor little guy XD

[@lylacor8401]

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).

[@godzillamanz8139]

Snail: man i dead *dies* Hermit crabs: its showtime.

[@javawaves]

I was in Maldives and I saw many hermit crabs and wanted to know more, THANKS!!!❤️❤️

[@quocbaodoan7678]

Waiting for the host to die to take the house is WAYYYYY nicer than 99% of the animals on this planet

[@sector-7blitz402]

Hermit crab BBC Earth : *Exchange Properties* DeepLook : *Battle Royale*

[@Velociferon]

Crabs are my fav! Please make more crab vids!

[@kirklanyoshinaga8953]

3:14 crab inside: leave me alone dude! I’m trying to get some sleep!

[@alzack112]

Snail: **dies** Hermit Crabs: *"It's free real estate!"*

[@FBIagentObama]

*Thank you deep look for introducing me to my new favorite sea animal lol*

[@ultraameise]

Its cute how they dig out the sand off the shells 😊

[@kamengotsev2890]

Imagine if humans were like that, fighting at real estate tours

[@isabellehouston3406]

It would be awesome if you guys did an episode about fireflies!! Especially sense it’s the season :)

[@sethgsamuel]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYjHdIB8q8x5mNE

[@Strawberrygremlins]

Hermit crabs are the embodiment of "It's free real estate"

[@babybeans1477]

Ayo these crabs really said, “ *OUR* SHELL.”

[@shawnaceron8111]

Everytime they post a new video my endorphins goes up

[@JD-zp4vn]

I always did wonder if Hermit Crabs kill off the sea snails, guess I was wrong and learned something new

[@annenoname3442]

It's like "Hungry Hungry Hippos" and "Hot Potato" Mixed together; where the winner gets a new home!

[@obidean3964]

I feel sad for the crab with broken shell at first but so glad it found new, better home at last. Happy ending 🥰

[@ejakaegypt]

I had some as pets as a kid. Loved these little things. I had like five of them

[@幻彩小羽毛]

dead snail: exists hermit crab: free estate!

[@adityanag8934]

Amazing videos as always 🥰 lots of love from India 🙏♥️

[@srirakshapriyaram8553]

Yes

[@roi574]

Snails: Exist Hermit crab: It’s free real estate

[@johnelizera.delacruz3107]

I remember how I first saw my first hermit crab so little and so fragile but so cute

[@kirbystar7585]

So it's basically Black Friday shopping for crabs

[@RanchhodbhaiJPatel]

Hermit carb is what I needed to know about cause at coincidence my bio project is to write about them so thanks

[@DanielLee-cs3mj]

Snail: So... the shell is going to take about 30yrs Hermit crab: Can you do it in 15?

[@atompunk456]

Imagine getting bullied out of your own home

[@devvratarya1]

Thanks DeepLook

[@kowigatzzz7062]

It's like living in a house where the owner just died

[@macxavier168]

Humans: my grandma lived in this house, I'm not moving Hermit crabs to snail shells: *it's free real estate*