Could be. Some crabs hide in the sand to wait for prey. Kind of a
camouflage. An adaptation to better hunting on land?
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Hans Kylberg wrote:

> or our ancestors found out it was better to use the furs of other
> animals,

I was wondering about this... if it has any precedent among "lower
animals"... then I thought of the hermit crab, which has a soft,
vulnerable body, and relies on finding the empty shells of dead
mollusks to wear in order to survive.

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Deanna