No, they shed their shells regularily. that is where we get soft shell crabs from; crabs who have just shed their shells and are cooked. Like a snake shedding their skin.
Hermit crabs live in sea snail shells so the hermit crabs go in which ever shell they think will be comfy, like turbo shells. Also hermit crabs love shells with a pearl color inside.
No, they do not
Crabs need shells because there abdomen is very soft and sensitive and the shell protects them.
Empty snail shells.
No. Hermit crabs grow from eggs, in their adult phase they seek out abandoned shells to occupy, and scavenge new ones as they outgrow their old shells. Typically they use the old shells from sea snails, occasionally bivalve shells, and sometimes pieces of hollow rock or wood.
in their shells
to protect them
yes they do?
because they are called blue crabs and also they have a cell in there body which gives them the power if changing the colour if there shells ?
Soft shell crabs are soft and are eaten with the entire crab. Soft shell crabs are actually hard shell crabs that have shed their shells to allow for growth. Shells do not grow with the crab. Crabs retain a soft shell when they shed their hard shells; then that soft shells begins to harden-up as the crab grows.
Crabs are born from eggs. As babies, they don't have shells, but float among the other larval stages in the plankton. As they grow, they develop a shell and settle down on the bottom of the sea (or sometimes move onto land in the case of several species).