Break Out of Your Shell: Big Lessons From Tiny Hermit Crabs

Alone Together - A podcast by Apostrophe Podcast Network

Animals are mostly social, but a research study found something unusual in an animal that doesn’t normally socialize with others. Terrestrial hermit crabs have a social agenda that’s more self-serving: they get together to kick another crab out of its shell so they can move on up in the world into a larger, more spacious home. Even hermit crabs need others in order to have more room to grow.Believe it or not, there are things we can learn from hermit crabs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.