Blue Legged Hermit Crabs....do they?

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DEmigh

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I suppose so :scratch:

I don't think there's any other way for a crab to grow.

I bought a dozen blue-legged hermits just a few days ago, and one of them molted (I think) within hours of going into his (her?) new home. I'm pretty sure it was a molt, not a mortality, because there were no shells to spare in the tank, no immobile shells, and that shell was moving the next day.
 

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noooob

molt is the process of an invertebrae loosing it's outer layer so that it can grow. Like a snake shedding it's skin.

I don't know why the word "molt" is used although. I just use it to communicate the process.
 
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