"The Hermit Crab" "Marine Crustacean" "The Hermit crab has a soft abdomen and takes refuge in abandoned mollusc shells." "Once hidden, it becomes very lively and the "hermit" qualifier isn't justified, for it is looking for the company of its kin." "The hermit crabs in this film measure four centimetres." "Its right claw is larger than its left," "Its eyes, supported by a stem, and mobile, like its antennas and jaws." "At certain enlargements, this charming animal is transformed into a monster." "The hermit crab lives in abandoned mollusc shells, sometimes covered in sponge." "This flower pot is an anemone." "With such a weight on its back, it is not easy to be agile." "It's impossible for the anemone to eat the hermit crab..." "Yet, this is shown documentary films with special effects." "The anemone's tentacles call to mind an embrace." "Microscopic hydras attach themselves to the shells." "Cirripeds:" "Crustaceans fixed on the shells, spread their respiratory panache," "Theory of entering a shell:" "Explore the exterior, the interior, enter the abdomen and settle in," "The hermit crab always behaves the same way when it moves into a new place without hurrying." "The sense of touch guides the hermit," "Witness this one whose eyes have been taken out," "It is impossible to lift the hermit from its shell without tearing it, given the manner in which it coils itself," "The longitudinal sectioned shell presents several openings." "The hermit crab enters and feels safe." "We can see the way the body rolls up..." "By pulling the crab, it just rolls up more and more around the shell." "... unless one proceeds like this other hermit crab  shell shock." "It tires its adversary on a java rhythm and jolts it to and fro." "The hermit crab is going to give a big knock." "There we go!" "The expelled protests!" "After a quick look at what is in store if it remains naked..." "The evicted crab prefers his small shell to death," "Housing crisis." "In the sea, there are more shells than hermit crabs, so this housing crisis is purely experimental." "It shows that the crab which penetrates a shell successfully isn't tender with its homeless relatives." "A glass tube will suffice against danger." "A hermit without shelter will prefer this glass tube to remaining naked." "Once out of danger, it tries to carry it along resulting in the waltz between the glass tube and the hermit crab." "A cramped hermit." "A hermit that has lost its carapace grows quickly and is bothered by its shell." "It's going to try another larger." "It applies its theory:" "After measuring the shell, it weighs this one." "Notice it seems to be heavy..." "Then makes sure it"s empty and moves in." "Too heavy," "Back to reason and to the small shell." "It keeps turning the shell as if it were unfamiliar, although it has left it only a few seconds." "It must believe it never had lived here, because it can't even introduce both claws at the same time." "It holds the shell with its hind legs, so it doesn"t fall." "Regrets" "You can see it hesitate before looking for a neighbouring house." "A new attempt." "Having played ball with its shell, it doesn"t have to weigh it." "It still has to measure and search it." "It enters with familiar greetings." "Now it wants a shell with an anemone." "An unsettling relative." "A black hermit arrives on the left while the white one is very busy." "The black hermit doesn't seem threatening... it"s shrivelling." "However, the white hermit crab feels menaced and throws itself against the black one." "Brawl" "Great excitement is expressed in the play of the mandibles." "The black one has the lower hand, but it squeezes the white's hind leg, paralyzing it, but when the claw is released, it will get bitten." "Here is a nice jiu-jitsu:" "The black hermit seems defeated, but the white hermit freezes and we see the tip of its legs in the black hermit's claw." "Notice how carefully the black hermit slowly jerks itself out." "Before letting go the protective leg, it recedes as it can." "It doesn't get far and the brawl continues." "Furious with the black hermit's escape, the white hermit chucks everything, even innocent little crabs." "Lunch on the sand." "Exquisite things can be found in the sand." "Notice the masticatory system." "Exercise:" "Fun with a cork ball." "Unable to understand the excitement produced by this ball, we have resorted to showing a football match." "This ball might represent a shell without an entrance to them... cause of astonishment." "The End"