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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.
2,680 Questions
What is the name of a crabs shell?
The outer shell of a crab is known as the carapace. This word also refers to the outer shells of turtles, arachnids, and other crustaceans.
No, theyre fine to eat for humans and pets. The bitter taste is just a deterrent for bugs.
It was first observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 AD, but given it's (estimated) distance from earth of 3,600 light years, the actual explosion would have taken place 3,600 years earlier, or around 2,500 BC.
Is it free to fish at crab orchard lake?
no. The Crab Orchard refuge requires a sticker for your vehicle and boat. Last I checked, the fee was $5 per sticker.
How do you get a crab net in wild skies?
you buy it where you get all the other stuff you buy it costs 10 gold.
Hermit crabs live in the Caribbean so they have modified gills which means that they CAN drown and need to keep them moist. between 70 and 80 humidity and F temp.
What most likely formed the crab nebula?
The crab nebula is the debris formed in the supernova explosion.
What 3 things do penguin turtle and crab have in common?
they all have something to protect them like fur or a shell,turtles and penguin's have hard mouths or beaks and crab has hard mouth also.
Pretty much anywhere. You can find lots of them in the summer near north. Well if your talking about fish.
Hermit crabs, if grown up in a large aquarium can get as big as an orange.
As long as you've got deep enough substrate for them to cover themselves well you shouldn't disturb a molter. It's perfectly safe for your crab to molt in the main tank. If you are especially worried you can make a small mini-iso by using two open CD cases to form a small box. Push it down in the sand around the crab. Make sure there is a small amount of food and water in there.
Is it safe to put hermit crabs in a bay window during the summer?
NO! It is never safe to have hermit crabs next to a window. The temperature fluctuates too much. In the summer, the sun can come through causing your tank temperature to rise dramatically, possibly baking your crabs. Hermit crabs need a fairly stable environment of 80 degF and 80% humidity. Next to a window, these conditions are hard, if not impossible to maintain.
What is the difference between land crabs and marine crabs?
Land Crabs live on land and Marine crabs live in water.
Why can't hermit crabs wear painted shells?
Hermit crabs can't and won't wear painted shells because the paint flakes, and becomes
People Drill holes into the crabs old shells and sthb the abdomen with a pin until the abdomen becomes to damaged for the crab to hold itself in the shell. then they force the crabs into the painted shells. People haye been arrested for this reason.
Please be kind to your helpless pets and Say NO to painted shells!!!
Yes! It is very important that a hermit crab has a shell, it is used to protect their bodies.
It also saves them from getting eaten by other animals! Though sometimes, you find hermit crabs that haven't found a shell that isn't the right size or shape, and instead of a shell, they might carry things like bottle tops. Usually, hermit crabs try to avoid situations like this but, when they urgently need to change into another shell because their current shell is too small, it will be unavoidable.
