hermit
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Wildlife enthusiast Fred, who had just turned six at the time of filming in the summer and autumn of 2024, enjoyed spotting scorpions, snakes, monkeys, monitor lizards, eagles, hermit crabs, geckos and flying lemurs.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
Much less familiar is Guglielmo of Malavalle, a twelfth century hermit venerated by the Augustinians for defeating a dragon using a simple wooden staff shaped like a pitchfork.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
And there's a deep-sea hermit crab, living not inside a shell, but a sea star the team can't immediately identify.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
“I’m a little bit of a hermit, and just wanted some more trees and a little more space,” Nancherla says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Instead of wearing a seashell on his back, like most hermit crabs, he wore a rusty old soup can.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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