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The males wave it over their heads to get the female's attenteion.While doing that it looks like their fiddling.Thats why there called fiddler crabs.
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What side is the large claw on when a male fiddler crab is born?
when you look at them face to face, it will usually be the right one, your right, not the crabs right, :D
Why crabs has one big arm some times left and some times right?
Crabs can regenerate lost limbs, so a new one is smaller than an old one. The fiddler crab also has one claw bigger than the other - if the large claw is lost, the smaller one grows larger and the replacement claw becomes the smaller claw in some species.
How do you tell if a fiddler crab is a boy or girl?
You can tell a fiddler crab's gender by its claws. A female fiddler crab has two claws, the same size. A male fiddler crab has one large claw and one small claw.
What does it mean if a hermit crab girl has one big claw and rest small?
Hermit crabs usually , if not always, have one large claw and one smaller claw.
What do fiddler crabs look like?
Fiddler crabs have bilateral symmetry. This means they have symmetry across one plane (known as the sagittal plane, and directly down the centre of their body), which means one side of their body approximately mirrors the other side.
What is the cause and effect for the fiddler crabs?
Cause: The male fiddler crab gets scared. Effect: The male waves his big claw like he is playing the fiddle. Cause: The male waves his big claw like he is playing the fiddle. Effect: The big claw may fall off of the crab. Cause: The big claw may fall off of the crab. Effect: The small one grows large and the other one is short.
What animal live in the tides?
Pea crabs for one. Fiddler crabs for two.
Is the fiddler crab one of the smallest crabs?
Yes they are.
Do female hermit crabs have one claw and male hermit crab have two claws?
No, they both have two claws. One large one and one small one.
What does hermit crab have?
Hermit crabs have seashells that they wear for protection and one large claw. They have eye stalks and small mouths.
When do red claw crabs eat?
red clawed crabs eat best when no one is around or watching them (at night).
Does girl hermit crabs have one claw and boy hermit crabs have two claws?
they both have two claws one big claw one small claw.RETARD
