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Crabs
This 10-legged animal walks sideways and is a popular seafood dish. Ask questions and find answers about their diet, habitat, and behavior here.
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How many types of crabs are there?
There are over 5000 species of Crabs in the whole world but only 4500 species are true crabs the other 500 crabs are hermit crabs which are not 'true' crabs.
According to The World of Animals. by Walters, Martin & Johnson, Jinny. (Published by Parragon, 2007) 6,793 different species of crabs are known.
In addition there are about 850 species of freshwater or semi-terrestrial crabs.
'True' crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, whereas hermit crabs [decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea] are classified quite differently due to physical characteristics. They are not even closely related to 'true' crabs. For more information, see Related Links below ads...
Why do female crbs HAVE to be smaller than the male fiddler crab?
they are smaller because the males have to show their dominance!
from beachs where there is lots of sand and rocks or underwater
Where do crabs actually spend the winter season?
same place as summer, it just retreats to deep water and burrows into the muddy or sandy bottom to spend the winter
How do crabs breathe underwater and above water?
There are crabs which breathe water and crabs which breathe air. It is rare to find a crab that does both but intertidal crabs do but they must remain wet to breath air (strange, right?).
How do you beat questioning of the crab mission on clubpenguin?
you have to talk to Gary, wait for box to explode, and follow the crab down the hill, after crab goes through pet door, go right and find black puffle by broken tree.
then, find bag of puffle o's and put it in your inventory. after that, you have to go back to black puffle and feed him one. go back to cave and put puffle o in pet door. go in cave. find water cage lift and put a puffle o on the red line all the way on the right. then go a little left and put one on silver scale. and then put one on silver line and you are out of cage. grab anchor, rope, hot sauce and Gary's plans on the wall. then you combine a puffle o with hot sauce and open door. put hot sauced puffle o through snow. go outside and to wall. combine rope with anchor to make climbing rope. click on giant wall and throw climbing rope up to top. go to ski lodge and click on door that says gone fishing. then go to plaza in pizza shop and order one seaweed pizza. pick up pizza and click on the polar bear. when polar bear is eating, click on switch on bottom of machine. click on polar bear. click on machine. answer phone.Give Gary his plans. receive medal and reward.
Some kinds can. Crabs that live in the water have paddles on their back legs. These paddles enable them to swim.
What is the horseshoe shaped bone?
The horseshoe-shaped bone is known as the hyoid bone. Located in the neck, it supports the tongue and aids in swallowing and speech. Unlike other bones, the hyoid is not directly attached to any other bones, which allows it to move freely and play a crucial role in various functions of the throat.
Blue crabs, like lady crabs, are definitely swimming crabs. The largest population of the blue crab can be found in the Chesapeake Bay.
What adaptations does a shore crab need to survive in a rock pool?
they grow hard shells to protect themselves against predators and pincers so the can catch their prey. If they didn't have these things then the species could die out.
