For you, a hermit crab’s lifespan is measured in months. Your kid picks one out at a beach souvenir shop. Its shell is painted to resemble SpongeBob’s freckled face. Dutifully, you buy accessories. To ...

The tiny mud crabs that once fit in the palm of a hand have now grown into massive, tank-dominating pets. Their claws are bigger, their shells tougher, and their appetites unstoppable. Watching their ...

Walking inside Alderwood Mall, trying to avoid delicious-smelling Cinnabons, an odd kiosk caught my eye. Why was there a big sandbox in front of the pretzel shop? Who was selling colored rocks? I knew ...

I suppose I always just assumed all the hermit crabs dotting tiny tanks at beach stores were the same type of hermit crab. If I’m being really honest, I never knew there was more than one type of ...

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JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - Why settle for goldfish when you can have a snazzily painted hermit crab for a pet? The low-cost and low-maintenance crustaceans are a popular among Indonesians but ...

Question: My son, a New England Patriots fan, has three pet crabs. We are [Denver] Broncos fans. Will the crabs get along with one another if they have different team logos painted on their shells? — ...

Hermit crabs are great. I have two hermit crabs at home that are quite big at this point. We haven’t named them for some reason, even though we’ve had them for over a year. These pets are easy to care ...

Most crabs only encounter caviar when served together on a seafood platter, but one lucky crustacean in Nebraska snacks on the upscale delicacy as a favored treat. Howie the Crab lives a charmed life ...

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