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Crustaceans - The Hermit Crab

First seen on Monday 26th August 2019 at Culzean Castle

Hermit Crabs are well known as the ones that live inside discarded sea snail shells. this on is in a periwinkle shell. When it outgrows this shell, it will find a bigger one. They are quite common in rock pools, scavenging on anything they find.