HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:13 pm**

Can Hermies actually hear?

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:15 pm**

Of course! I'm not sure exactly how [maybe another member does], but I know that spiders hear by feeling vibrations with the hairs on their legs. :O Plus crabs make noises, so they have to be able to hear somehow!!

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:31 pm**

I asked the same question some time ago. I personally think it is the vibrations but I don't know.

Posted: **Fri May 11, 2012 10:06 pm**

ken burton wrote:Crabs (including hermit crabs) also hear pretty well, but again, not as we do. Their shells, and especially their antennae, are covered with microscopic hairs, some of which sense vibrations (others are used for "smelling") and send a message to the nervous system. However, they seem to be much more responsive to shock waves than to sound waves, so perhaps they're feeling more than hearing. Sometimes it's a fine line distinguishing senses.

Posted: **Sat May 12, 2012 12:01 am**

My E's yell at each other when they grab each others shell or leg. So they must be able to hear or else that function would have never evolved so well.

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