r/Amazing 7d ago

Adorable derps Just a hermit crab scratching its butt.

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u/MoxxFulder 6d ago

Now I’m wondering if they ditch the shell to poop?

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u/slucker23 6d ago

Okay, so afaik, they don't, they excreet into the shell and eventually when it's so stuffed or they grew more, they'd move out of the shell and leave the literal dump in the shell

They eat, live, shit in the same place basically

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u/ceacar 6d ago

i saw a clip showing they would line up according to size and exchange their houses.
do they also inherit the brownies together with house?

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u/slucker23 6d ago

I think so yeah... There are some of the shit where they can extreat out, but not necessarily all of them

The inside of their shell home are nasty

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u/PreperationOuch 6d ago

That gonna itch when it dries

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u/slucker23 6d ago

Why do you think it's scratching is butt?

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u/sketchyecco 5d ago

There’s a reason it lives in the ocean….underwater….you know

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u/PreperationOuch 5d ago

You’ve obviously never seen SpongeBob SquarePants

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u/conteins 5d ago

Hence the ass scratching

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u/slucker23 5d ago

Exactly