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They also duke it out if two crabs want the same shell. I recall one video where two crabs were goin round the outside when a third one just moves into the shell. Hilarious at scale, but I bet the first two were pissed. Good thing they weren’t pistol shrimp.

Seems more analogous to clothes than housing

clothes can be "too big" in the sense that the extra size is detrimental to the function, which is somewhat different from houses.

And it's pretty common to have buy-nothing groups in cities or even at large companies. Got a loooot of hand-me-down clothes for my toddler from friends, family, and randos in the neighborhood.

An animal named a hermit crab has better social relationships than humans I'm so pissed.

socialist crabs.

This makes the plot of Another Crab's Treasure even zanier. (It's about a hermit crab whose shell is repossessed by the local king)

Iirc there can be a mad scramble. If two try for the same shell, one loses out and their previous shell may be taken. So they're fucked.

You know I've never quite bought the hermit crab shells = houses analogy. They seem much more analogous to armor.

In Australia we lose about six months wages to 'stamp duty' if we move. Better to stick with the oversized shell.

They kill/eat their dead, weak and handicapped as well. Heard they also get half off fries at Wendy's too no cap..Sounds pretty sweet op

I wonder how they communicate. There must be a signal that says, "I'm moving out. Line up!"

It's pretty sweet ngl.

Humans could have this too if enough of us just started doing it

Got to witness crabs doing this when going for a walk one day. There was a very shallow pool on the beach, about a foot wide, and about 20 crabs having a 'swap meet', scurrying back and fourth between the different shells.

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That's similar to how it works in Singapore, where housing is fully public

Just build more housing lol.