Kay Peterson wrote:
> Don't you think that there might be an easier way for an Octopus to get a
> hermit crab out of its borrowed shell without resorting to drilling?  Drilling
> must take some time.


According to local octopi I have spoken with, they drill the hole to
relieve the vacuum behind the animal when they pull it from the shell.

They also claim to have little interest in crabbed shells.

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