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Some hermit crabs have anenomes on the outside of their shells, using them as armor against predators. The anenomes will hit an attacking predator with a painful sting, and apparently the hermit crabs are aware of this. But unlike barnacles and other sea creatures that attach themselves to more mobile sea animals, the hermit crabs attach anenomes to themselves. Even when the hermit crab swaps his old shell out for a slightly larger, more roomy one, he also "coaxes" the anenomes off of his old shell, and onto his new shell. This video illustrates it happening. Is this intelligence or is it purely instinctual? I think its probably a bit of both.