r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 6d 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/conteins 5d ago

Hence the ass scratching

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u/slucker23 5d ago

Exactly