In a shell I hide, a home I create, moving slowly through life, I contemplate. What am I?
Category: Animal · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider a creature that changes homes.
Answer
A hermit crab
Explanation
A hermit crab often changes shells for protection as it grows.
This is a expert animal riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is A hermit crab.
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