Could be. Some crabs hide in the sand to wait for prey. Kind of a camouflage. An adaptation to better hunting on land? ` [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Paleolithic Eating Support List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Midas Gold Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 10:01 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [P-F] procedures 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. -- Deanna