{"id":322,"date":"2007-01-11T23:00:05","date_gmt":"2007-01-11T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/?p=322"},"modified":"2012-05-19T21:31:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T13:31:31","slug":"hermit-crab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/hermit-crab\/","title":{"rendered":"Hermit Crab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is so easy to find hermit crab. If you see a fast &#8220;walking&#8221; snail shell, that&#8217;s it. Hermit Crab uses discarded shells for protection. The one I show here is a mangrove hermit crab (genus Clibanarius), which is easily identified by its blue-striped legs. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/2007\/20070111.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit Crab of Sabah Borneo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hermit Crabs are scavengers, with a good sense of smell. When threaten, they will retreat into their shells. They are very impatient though. After 1 or 2 minutes, they will try to crawl away.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/2007\/20070111_2.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit Crab of Sabah Borneo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since a dead shell cannot grow with the body of hermit crab, as they become larger, they look for and move into larger shells. I wonder how they pick or upgrade a &#8220;house&#8221;. It even uses wood as its home (below is the evidence)!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/2007\/20070111_3.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit Crab of Sabah Borneo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/2007\/20070111_4.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit Crab of Sabah Borneo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hermit crab may not be the only one attracted by an abandoned shell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/2007\/20070111_5.jpg\" alt=\"Hermit Crab of Sabah Borneo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><small>Photos taken in Kota Kinabalu Wetland Centre, Sabah, Malaysia<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is so easy to find hermit crab. If you see a fast &#8220;walking&#8221; snail shell, that&#8217;s it. 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