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Well, Female crabs lay roughly 15-20 baby eggs. But sadly, many reptiles (including predator from Alien VS Predator) eat, and feast off these eggs and their insides. So about, 0 crabs survive due to the predators nommin' em,
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∙ 13y agoThey can lay so many eggs! Kind of like fish. Horseshoe crabs are also like regular crabs.
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∙ 11y agoA female horseshoe crab may lay between 60,000 and 120,000 eggs, laying a few thousand at a time. Most of the eggs are eaten long before being able to hatch.
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∙ 10y agoYes, horseshoe crabs they come ashore for reproduction and lay eggs in sand, many of which get consumed by predators.
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How do merostomata reproduce?
Merostomata, such as the horseshoe crab, reproduce by having the male fertilize the females eggs. The female horseshoe crab can lay up to 60,000 eggs at a time which she buries in the sand after they have been fertilized.
How many eggs do a crab lay?
they lay 1
About how many eggs does a female crab lay?
About how many eggs does a female crab produce
Does the female crab lay the eggs or does the male lay eggs?
The female crab lays the eggs, and not the male.
Does a hermit crab lay eggs?
yes they lay their eggs in water
How many eggs does the sally lighfoot crab lay?
200 million
How many eggs does a coconut crab lay?
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How does a crab lay eggs?
Hermit Crabs lay their eggs by going to where seawater is only.
Are crabs marine mammals?
No. All crabs are crustaceans.With the exception of the horseshoe crab, which is not a true crab and is actually an arthropod.Mammals have fur or hair, are warm blooded and give birth.Crustaceans are cold blooded, lay eggs and have an external skeleton (shell).
When a hermit crab is about to lay eggs can you use hermit crab bathing salt water?
It shouldn't be about to lay eggs. (I am assuming you have hermit crabs in a aquarium.) It has been proven that they need an ocean to lay eggs and therefore cannot lay eggs in captivity. Even in zoos they can't lay eggs.
How many eggs do fiddler crabs lay?
Well crabs lay eggs in the sea most the time but some types of crab lay egg in there and they mat in it as well
Does the female fiddler crab lay eggs?
yes. its a reptile
