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- As a hermit crab grows its shell becomes a tighter fit so eventually the crabs need to move into a bigger one, leading to an amazing exchange. Taken from Life Story. Subscribe to BBC Earth: bit.ly/ydxvrP
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Last crab: “Can’t have shit in Detroit.”
Last crab: "This mf just done stole my whole home"
@@istillcantfindadamnname IMAO
Hahahahaha holy shit that was funny man
Made me remember when someone posted that their whole porch was stolen💀 they walked out the door on the way to work and fall straight down💀💀💀
@@jellybeanchris
Mhm, that's what this is based upon 😂😂
Imagine swapping apartments with someone only to get a shittier version of your apartment.
"Imagine?"
Hahah
Little crab got scammed!
Death match...? Lol
🤣🤣🤣
i just hope the smallest crab is living his best life right now because he did NOT deserve that disrespect 😭
@Canzandridas Joe 😂😅
@@Canzandridas 🤣💀💀💀💀
I dont wanna be that guy but hes probably dead. This was filmed 6 years
@@Canzandridas crab warcrimes
@@zzztriplezzz5264 Crab Battle...
Knowing humans do crabby things like lining up by size and trading is just so fascinating.
in which case they are not so crabby anymore, aren't they?
"Look at me I'm smart like crab" - humans, probably
Had no idea humans line up by size and trade 🤯
tbf theres a natural phenomenon where it seems a lot more species of animal then we would expect tend to evolve into crabs, so maybe were just working our way there (this is a real thing and called Carcinisation)
Animals are wayyyyyy more smarter than we give them credit for just because they can't talk we think otherwise. We are not too different.
I can hear that small crab cursing
lol
😂😂😂😂
oy! that's my shell! get in line!
"u got jacked foo"
+CocaColaMann shoots up everyone
Haha
Someone start a gofundme for that last crab
Seriously, lol
i was your 666th like
@@remoyesman people contribute to anything on GoFund me
People should just stop taking away sheels from beaches 😅
On it
How did all these hermit crabs know when and where to meet? This is insane, they must be a lot smarter than they get credit for
Fake video
They got a discord server
@@jcc.98 foi combinado
Illuminati confirmed
It was staged lol
Every once in a while I come across this gem of a video again only to remember how MAD I am for the smallest crab every time 😭😭
#justiceforthatlastcrab
*"Let's all get naked and trade homes!"*
Nature's wild
😂😂😂😂🐚
It's called hand me downs!
It's no different than switching clothes
Brooo funniest comment here hands down!
I think the bourgeoisie does that too.
First time seeing a crab without its shell. Felt like I had to close my eyes or something, like staring att someone naked.
Are you British or from some of is former colonies. You appear to be way too polite.
Have you never seen spongebob before
@@bob5253 Let us not forget that Mr. Krabs ass
It was weird looking too , kinda gross. Reminded me of a hornets butt or wasp ass.
Looks like a shrimp
Seeing animals doing human things like lining up by size and trading is just so fascinating
“human things”
@@hhsd dis mf be alien.
In which case they're not really human things are they?
It's because we're the ones doing animal things. Hermit Crabs have been around since probably before the dinosaurs doing hermit crab things
Crazy right ? There's even that one asshole who skip the line at the end
I loved how they are looking for what really fits their size and not just seeking the largest size to impress anyone.
Makes sense. If the shell is too big, they won't be able to move around as well.
Once again , Nature doing something that humans could learn from....
the last crab: "i will never financially recover from this."
lol joe exotic
😂
Best Comment
Legendary
omg im dying
Shell: washes out
Crabs: IT'S FREE REAL ESTATE
Capitalism is life. Life is capitalism. Socialism seems nice in theory, but it doesn't merge with our human nature and will destroy almost any society. The closest it's been to success is nazi germany. No private property.
@@tash5540 What is "human nature"? And also Nazism aka Nacional "socialism" was never real socialism. They were fascists.
Tash hitler hated socialism
@@tash5540 You're ruining a good, wholesome video with that crap. Knock it off.
@@ruinned ok. I wouldn't be back if you hadn't replied. Idk.. how was your day?
I'm here because of Ralph from FPS and I love it ❤
Same!
An incredible recommendation
same
I checked the comments for this. Also the video was definitely worth it.
Me too hahah
I found a hermit crab at the beach today, and I saw it change shells with an empty one, and changed its mind and went back to the original one.
Lol
Damn line cutters
lol
imagine that it also happens with these crabs
This is why i always carry a knife. . .
Hahaha made me laugh So God Damn hard.
ThatRogueGuy in all species there is always one!!
Last crab..
"I'm never going to financially recover from this."
Good comment, funny
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😂😂
You are Not alone
Me googling where Hermit Crabs live so I can go beat up that bully one at the end even tho it’s probably long dead by now 😭
"I really got screwed at the shell swap today"- that last crab to his wife
Even crabs move in a more orderly fashion than Walmart shoppers.
On black friday
Haha
Tell that to that last crab who messed the small crab up
@@jjmmm515 maybe the last crab came from Walmart 👀.
Bro that's what i just said to my kids
Ain’t no way this crab got scammed at a shell meet up 😂
That crab just came in a took it…made me mad a lil
Unfortunately he got scammed
Finessed
Finessed
It’s basically a ‘Shell Swap Meet’ lol
It’s a good thing that when all the other hermit crabs got into a line from biggest to smallest, it didn’t take that long for the right sized crab to show up for the really big shell before they all started swapping the shells. That’s an amazing way for hermit crabs to exchange shells besides looking for one alone.
I watched both my hermit crabs climb into new shells today for the first time. Safe to say it was one of the coolest things I’ve ever witnessed
Now I want a hermit crab 😃
Last crab was like: "This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever"
Lol stupid dumb trump AHHH😆
He'd announce a tarif next time any crab exchange with him.
The Trans Pacific Partnership had Hillary been elected (in a nutshell, or crabshell as the case may be).
Hahaha 😂
@@lsd-rickb-1728 If an idiot like him managed to become president and you are still stuck at the bottom, how dumb doesn't that make you? lol
Last Crab: " my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined" 😭
.
@@BARCH-wp5vl "Hello ladies and gentlemen, and everyone watching..."
Probably his whole life lol
Actually it is measurable and his day was made, in fact. Otherwise it'd be cooked crab by the end of its ruined day.
that's when you can tell spiders come from crabs, those things look nasty.
I have hermit crabs. I've never seen them do this because I have plenty of shells available for them after they molt.
However, hermit crabs love to socialize with other hermit crabs. I've seen mine cuddle with each other and it's the cutest thing ever.
Hermit crabs can live for a VERY long time, depending on their living situations. They can also grow to be very big, depending on what type of hermit crab it is.
Molting is when a hermit crab goes underneath the sand for a period of time (long or short) to shed their tight exoskeleton. Once they do that, they may or may not look for a new shell. It depends on how big the hermit crab had gotten before it shed it's exoskeleton.
Fun fact: Hermit crabs store water in their shells! They have a little compartment where the water goes whenever they get thristy.
(They aren't that great at keeping themselves clean, but they do dip themselves in the water and can stay in the water for a long time.)
Another fun fact: Did you know you can actually see what sex a hermit crab is? If you flip it over and wait for it to come out of it's shell, there are these two dots on their thorax that tell you if it is a female or male!
A thorax is a very very sensitive part of a hermit crab that is concealed by their shell. NEVER TOUCH A HERMIT CRABS THORAX!
Hermit crabs also use their antenna to communicate! They also clean their eyes off from time to time, and it's the cutest thing ever. (They do not have eyelids.) Hermit crabs are very shy around other species, and often retreat into their shell when they feel threatened. This can also happen around other hermit crabs.
I found some hermit crabs on the beach in Oregon a while ago, and decided to get some from the store. Do not underestimate the research and amount of money you will need to spend. Hermit crabs are very cheap, but their essentials are not.
If you are debating getting a hermit crab, make sure to do the proper amount of research in order to be prepared. They make great pets.
(FYI, they can die of stress. You can hold them but be warned, they may pinch you. Please try not to stress out your hermit crabs.)
We have some oldies in our little horde, each has its own definite preference for shell type. They love perching on top of logs and all rotating to face the same direction for some reason
Crabs like: hey guys new skin just dropped
Biggest Crab: "It's free real estate."
Tiny Crab: "Dis sum boolsheet."
Hahahaha
Lol I can’t 😂
Big crab should appear wearing a big top hat
Tiny crustaceans of the world unite!
LOL!
A gathering for crabs to swap homes. Well. that's kinda cute.
Nashanti Hermit crabs are going to create agriculture I swear.
Nashanti they got everything they need in their tiny houses.
a new type of AirBnB
Elodie Coquillat oij
onehappy pepper ikr and so freakin funny too though😂😂😂 cuz of the narrator😂😂😂
I can’t be the only one who thinks these hermit crabs are absolutely adorable, right?
That type of organized coordinated exchange is fascinating and very impressive to me...
The moral of the story. " a bad shell is better than homeless ".
Basically
Boutta go to the beach when I go homeless
Nice
Prove free markets don't work XD
Thats life
i am so sad for the last crab. he found it, waited, and didn't even get a new shell. I do NOT need this kind of negativity in my life
But that's life
@@AMOraha the new crab went into the large empty shell and the crab after it took the new crab’s old shell. I think. It happened so fast 😂
He's a huge celebrity now since the filming of this documentary. Has a nice place in Bel Air, California I hear
@@tysonscott2358 Just the other day I seen him on Jimmy Kimmel
@@AMOraha oh you mean the crab who stole the shell I stepped on him
I will never forget the first time I saw my hermit crab, Oscer (R.I.P), change shells. It was gross but it was also awesome. He ended up not liking the new one so I went out and got him some more, he loved those!
I can’t believe i suffer for a moment by watching crabs
Imagine going to a house viewing and someone gets the house before you then another person goes into your old house and changes the keys and you have to live in an even worse house
xDD
Mother Nature Real Estate.
With a *hole* in it!
A bad house is better than being homeless
@@AnthonyKravitz 😂😂this should be the title of this video.
He went there for a better shell and literally left with a worse one. Thats crazy how life works
😭😭😭😭😭😭
I’m sure he financially recovered.
The Mind Over Weight Podcast and
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh god
@@brotherhoodofsteeld.c.chap1917 i hope so lol I find it funny how people think life isn't fair. But even crabs go through bullshxt, and no one thinks of this ever ofc. Not only do people experience things like this, but everything living 🤣
I can’t believe I’m up at 2am watching hermit crabs find shells for their home 😂
this is so intelligent. every crab knew the Size of the property it needs to move in !! they all line up accordingly and claim the right size. it is amazing how they just gathered for the task - all at the same time !! how did all these crabs knew it was swapping time ? Do they send some kind of signal, do they make some kind of a sound to let the other crabs know of the event ???!!!
I know you got lots of things going on in your head but let’s just leave those as a mystery 😂
Dang...the shell market is a tough market.
Terrence Bradford I laughed so hard 😂
+Carrie Knopf me too
It's a tough shell to crack, for sure
knocknockify Oh crabb
Terrence Bradford someone needs to crack down on that shell market lol 😂
That ending was a little too optimistic and wholesome, even tho the Crab just got GTA shell jacked.
LMAO gta shell jacked
Reminds me of how the person in first would slow down for no reason in Mario cart when I’m behind him. Then it hits and your finished. Only true gamers will understand this comment.
Yeah
😆
Lol
I've seen this so many times and it never gets old. I watch it every time it pops up on my recommend.
friends per second podcast anyone?
They arranged this on Crabslist.
XD
oh god yes!
ahahaaa 😂get out of here
lol xD
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Good one
This is why I could never film nature documentaries-I’d be out scouring the beach for seashells, making sure our boy got that penthouse suite.
For real 😆
Nice.
Who r u to interrupt the nature cycle and play god
😂😂yes me too.
@@the90sfattyfromtakethat literally every human for the last 10000 years bruh
The crab who stole the shell from the last crab: I am altering the deal, pray I don't alter it further.
lol which came first? the shell or the crab? 😂
Hermit Crab: **slaps roof of shell** This little baby has a bed, toilet, and external protection
lol
Ffs lmaoo
@@arshiaghanbarian3717 you
@@hehehehhshgeheh9495 Yes?
Starting price?
"They form an orderly queue."
Ah yes, the famous british crabs.
I heard they quite enjoy the odd 6 o'clock tea party too!
"I don't like em putting tea in the water that turn the frikkin' crabs brittish!"
- Alexander Jones, Boston, 1773
@@BanditOfBandwidth Mate, you have no idea how much that made me giggle
i'm weak now
As opposed to the infamous American crabs, who cut into the queue quite thoughtlessly.
The British crab is annoyed, but apologises to the American crab for 'being in the way.'
"strangest of way"
Animals getting just what they need in a fair and communitarian way. Dang
The GOAT David Atingborough teaching us the crab knowledge we’ve all been waiting on.
Low key got a bit tilted when they did my homie like that
Smh
It’s teaching you kids reality, nothing is promised.
@Johan Jacobs Ok millennial
J B haha triggered.
@@JB-zo2qu is this another meme bs?
We need to make a charity for crabs that were scammed out of a good shell.
3D printed shells for homeless crabs
😂😂😂 can't stop my silent paughter
Another golden comment of the year 😂🤣👌🏽
Perhaps we should start a shell company.
@@gregmalden9809 now that's a fabulous idea. We could take all the plastic in the ocean and just make shells for all the good boys 😌
This is hilarious and amazing, indeed. A salute to BBC Earth.
David is such an absolute legend!!!!!
Last crab to the other crabs: “I am once again asking for your financial support”
Crab DSP
"To make repairs on my new shell" 🤣
Finanshell support
Check please
Someone always has to lose in this market
Imagine having to wait like half an hour for "Big Jimmy" to show up before you can move into a new house.
When he is so big . You have to call him Big Jim ;D
And he's always fashionably late.
I’d love a world where people can’t move in somewhere until Big J gives them permission.
hahaha
Great Big Jim💪
That’s why I never left my shell as a kid, The crab is my spirit animal.
Since 1960 , I’ve been, eagerly, waiting to see Sir David Attenborough’s scientific, investigative, intellectual, informative analysis documentaries.
Anyone else rooting for the smallest crab and then getting really upset when the narrator goes “and even worse, it has a HOLE in it”😭😭😭😭😭
Are you calling Sir David Attenborough merely 'the narrator'? How dare you lol!
A total let down 😩 little dude got the hand me down shell
A total let down 😩 little dude got the hand me down shell
I find it cute but sad for the little ones but atleast he got a shell to live in🥺🥺🥺
Parasites aprecciate it lol
"They arrange themselves into an orderly queue"
They're British crabs then.
or Canadian 🤷♂️
no if they were British crabs than the crabs would debate how they would leave there shell in a confused fashion for a minimum of 3 years first before deciding what to do...
@@arjunmohan1510 no
@@70jantje 😂😂😂
it is dutch if there is a *shell*
This is the best thing I’ve seen the entire day
"Shell lands of the sand"
Every one:
Gather around
Are you feeling it now Mr. Krabs??
MONEY!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
fayt
OK BUT WHO GOES FIRST? LOL
FatGuyWithaBeard hahahabah
'But even a bad shell is better than being homeless. '
That slapped hard.
Thats crab life bud.
@@left4speed519 thats all life
Yea USA'S homelessness is a Huuuuuge problem. Not even African nations have such an issue at least they got homes
@@PutsOnSneakers the home ownership rate in the US is fairly high and even with home prices going up its cheap realtive to most of the developed world it only exists really inside large cities since the governments there typically lobby to block knew construction or development of affordable housing since they wont make as much money even though they have the big talk the problem is entirely intentional
@@PutsOnSneakers
They have bad homes but at least they have homes to return to
probably my favorite clip. catchy music. a little underdog narrative created in the edting. cute animals.
Hermit crabs can form an orderly cue better than most humans😂😂😂
But even for them, there's still that one *sshole that cuts in line and ruins the day for at least one of them. Tsk tsk.
_"But even a bad shell is better than being homeless."_
Tricus true shit
Poor little one 😣
Even a bad shell is better than no shell
Thanks for quoting that, as we are all deaf.
@@lulhannes635 No problem! :-)
This is the worst game of musical chairs ever.
*best
That was an awesome comment 😄😂👍
👌😭
669 likes, nice
Of all time.
Crab: NEXT!!!
Crab: Who wanted the beachfront condo?
Crab: OH, THE BOSS IS HERE
Ive never been so mad at a hermit crab in my life 😭
whispers *free real estate*
Cj Asa 😭😭😂
its free real estate
I lost it at this comment
i'm dead
😂😂
Big crab about to slip into biggest shell: You know what, on second thought, this shell isn't really my style.
Other crabs: Dammit Bob! All of us waited hours for you to get here! Take the damn shell!
aznmarty256 😂😂😂😂💀
💀💀💀
😭😭😂
🤣🤣🤣
Deym lol
Who narrates these videos? I just love this man’s voice.
David Attenborough
Just some crabs doing a real estate bussiness LOL
They line up in order?! Line up?! IN ORDER?! *THEY?!*
Us "smart humans" have trouble with that
They do not greed like us do.
Japanese are a species of humans taht do that.
@@newtonthenewt1400 r/whoosh
They.. yes dumbass
Smh it’s like someone parking in the spot you’ve been waiting for
@@firstLast-jw7bm
Forced to stay in the car on a hot summer day to bake alive until you're dead.
Sooo true 😂😂😂😂
Lmfao 😂
Put a hole in their car just like that shell...
"Well, the crabs do it."
Shoulda used his blinker
Saw this happening on a Maldivian beach. They seemed to work in more of a circle arrangement than a line but it was amazing to watch.
this is really wholesome to watch.
Now I can't go collecting shells without thinking of this...a crab can't be homeless because of me
Probably why it’s so hard for them to find any.. people break them by stepping on em, and take them home
Same
it depends on where you live... this only really happens in tropical areas
@@jakecheesman2883 yea because humans fucked up the beaches
@@warsin8641 Who cares, no other animal pauses to consider how their actions affect other species. Humans are animals, we are apart of nature, if we destroy the beaches then it can be said that nature has destroyed the beaches.
"LOOK AT ME! DR. ZOIDBERG, HOMEOWNER!"
WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP WOOP!
I loved that episode. All good things must come to an end... ;(
OH NOOO, IT BURNED DOWN!
That just raises further questions!
"there's were i left my cigar."
I can relate to the small crab
Lol 😂 It was so funny to see every crab’s reaction when the suitor for the big shell finally arrived by chance. They must have been waiting for some time! They were like Aww!! 😂 Cutest thing! Never thought I could relate to crabs!! 😆
Bruh how did they even find this rare moment? 😭
it's cgi representation
@@Neltu13 i don’t think that CGI
@@Neltu13 it's not
LMFAOOAO
@@Neltu13 definitely not
at first i thought they were going to fight over their shells, but when they started trading I was like "OMG SO CUTE!"
i agree it was so cute i was expecting an all out war
+calderon721 Honestly it would be exactly the Hermit Crab way too. Hermit crabs will compete to the point of potentially killing one another for a fresh, brand new shell without dents, holes, or algae covering the top. David Attenborough even covered a less fatal but still violent part of this in his Blue Planet series; one of the BBC CZcams channels has a clip of it under the title of "Horse Conch" or something along those lines.
We humans do squat when it comes to warfare and competition. We're the only animals that actually feel bad about the losers.
I wonder if animals are becoming more civilized.
+mathew mcleod yes, some groups of humans are a noteworthy example.
+Skye H YES RIGHT! So cute LOL..
This is another level of organization and comparison. Who knew.
I cannot tell you how irrationally angry I am that this just popped up, I watched it, and my boy didn't get the new shell
Damn they did my boy dirty.
Its steal or be stealed in the crab world.
Indeed
Hermit crab sees
abandoned shell:
_its free real state_
this comment is so underatted XDD
Perfect
The house is free!
heidecker is a talentless hack
Real state? Wtf?
It’s so fascinating to see them in their natural habitat. Just being hermit crabs.
Nature is mindbogglingly amazing sometimes. Also, the little crab now has an indoor toilet, so it was really an amazing upgrade. You gotta see the positive side of things in life.
natural for them but when I do it, I get arrested for "home invasion". smh
ikr
I'm
William Murderface yea man
I know, right??! The nerve of some people, getting all hysterical.
Clorox bleach your everywhere
Basically black friday, but with shells.
You won't see an orderly line like that during black friday. Funny how crabs are more civilized.
Everyday I continue to be impressed by nature
the music in this just makes it so much better
I have never seen a naked crab and i dont like it...
Arent we all
Very disturbing.
They don't either
@@thekolonel5551 yeah😂
Well yall haven't you seen spongebob
Even Hermit Crabs have "That Guy" among them
They were already my spirit animal, this just seals the deal
And that's why the weak and resentful want Socialism; to destroy the entire natural order just so that they can get the things they want without any skills, work or fight.
@@Valelacerte T_T
Valelacerte actually, it’s the underdog is done breaking his back just so that the rich get richer all the while he gets poorer while tax breaks are handed to the wealthy. That’s why he wants socialism: equality.
Capitalism is unsustainable to begin with. Furthermore, capitalism is a system that creates “winners” and by default a system for winners creates losers. And we know that the process of becoming a winner/loser in capitalism depends more on birthright (inheritance) and luck that it does with true hard work and sacrifice.
In other words, the bully hermit crab is the one endowed with stronger muscle (money) and pushed out the little guy who played by the rules and was waiting his turn like everyone else.
excuse me, but how did politics come from a hermit crab joke?...
Could watch this all day
Everything about this video is perfect. I think Disney or Pixar should be a live-action movie about crabs, instead of recycling age-old stuff that needs no recycling.