One of our hermit crabs must have been feeling a little cramped. Volunteer Laurie Cesati caught him checking out a new shell and moving right in! | Seacoast Science Center

Our larger Black Eyed Hermit Crab (Pagurus armatus) decided to switch things up today and move into a new Moon Snail shell home 🐚🏠 Hermit Crabs use the shells of other animals, typically Moon Snail shells in this species, to protect their softer bodies. They move into new, larger shells as they grow and can fully retract into the shell when feeling threatened. Hermit crabs have tiny hook-like structures at the end of their tails, called uropods, that secure them inside the shell when moving ar