10 . Amazing Crab Facts

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10 Amazing Crab Facts

1. Crabs can live on land as long as they keep their gills moist.
2. A crab may lose a claw or leg in a fight. In time, the claw or leg grows back.
3. Pea crabs are the smallest of all crabs and, not surprisingly, are about the size of a pea.
4. Crabs communicate by flapping their pincers or drumming their claws.
5. A group of crabs is called a cast..
6. Crabs often work together to get food and to protect their families.
7. All crabs have claws on their two front legs.
8. All crabs have one pair of pincers (chelipeds) and four pairs of walking legs.
9. Crabs have large compound eyes made up of hundreds of tiny lenses.
10. A hard shell called a carapace covers a crab’s body.