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pepyto

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What is stridulation?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Why is it important to supply an assortment of empty shells in the habitat?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

The noise made (chirp) when body parts, usually legs, are rubbed together, as in the chirp of a cricket.

Answer to Question 2

Hermit crabs change shells before or after a molt (usually after), they have no shells of their own; they may fight over a shell.



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