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DURING intraspeciflc interactions, hermit crabs rarely do physical damage to one another, but communicate by means of displays1,2. The aggressive displays executed by a crab during an interaction are determined by a number of factors. Each species has an aggressive repertoire, in which some behaviour patterns occur frequently and others are rare. Every individual has gone through physiological and psychological developmental sequences which affect that crab in any interaction3. Characteristics of the environment will also determine, in part, what will happen in an aggressive interaction.
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HAZLETT, B. Temporary Alteration of the Behavioural Repertoire of a Hermit Crab. Nature 210, 1169–1170 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2101169a0
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