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What is the difference between soft shell and hard shell crabs?
Soft shell crabs are soft and are eaten with the entire crab. Soft shell crabs are actually hard shell crabs that have shed their shells to allow for growth. Shells do not grow with the crab. Crabs retain a soft shell when they shed their hard shells; then that soft shells begins to harden-up as the crab grows.
When are soft shell crabs in season?
Soft shell crabs are in season May through July.
What is a crabs shell for?
Crabs have no inner skeleton like humans do so the shell is its skeleton but on the outside of its body. The shell protects the crab from injury.
Does a sea snail change its shell throughout its lifetime?
No, a snail grows more shell as it gets bigger. Hermit crabs (which live in the shells of dead snails) however do select bigger and bigger shells as they grow.
Can snails go from one shell to another?
No. The shell grows around the snail as the snail grows bigger, but the snail is fastened into its shell and cannot leave it. Hermit crabs live in empty shells, and find a new, bigger shell as they grow.
What is a shell home to?
some crabs, like hermit crabs
What do Indian ocean shell crabs eat?
The scalps of Cowboy Ocean shell crabs who try to invade their territory.
What lives in shell?
Snail
How are hermit crabs protected when they have no shell?
They aren't; they need a shell.
How do you get hermit crabs out of the shell?
break the shell just kiddin
What is the crabs shell for?
to protect them from any other crabs or people stepping on them
How is a crabs body supported?
By its' legs.
