Show VES IN BORROWED SHELL ermit crab has ha peculiar habit of seeking out shells shelia of dead mollusks mollusk for domicile the hie most pecullar peculiar thing thine about th the amit crab is his curious habit 0 f W vine in the shell of dead mollusks ON is 5 motive Is to protect his mud hind body tie e fore ore part of his anatomy Is cov ped d with a t gliick lick horny crust nis ills ak leomea omen Is soft and invested with a lb acate membrane the slightest rup til to this abdomen rip or abrasion cov I 1 fecs ng Is almost certain to be fatal 6 1 with its belly the hermit crab holds 4 n to its portable home occasionally itt t will change one acquired shell oliell for other nother when exchanging shells it ita act with utmost caution and dis da 4 rich atch lest it be harmed by some enemy ho 0 may be lurking near tills this exchange Is often made at the ere re whim of the animal but after ir ch boulting moul ting Is compelled to find a ger home to accommodate its grow g body |