Facts about the Crab

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Did you Know? List of Facts about the Crab
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about the Crab, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about the Crab are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition: A crab is a decapod (meaning having 'ten limbs') which has eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace (a hard protective covering of bone or chitin) with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

  • Fact 2 - Its protective, bony shell covers the inner organs of the crab
  • Fact 3 - The name 'crab' is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs
  • Fact 4 - Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed
  • Fact 5 - . The large European edible crab is Cancer padurus.
  • Fact 6 - Soft-shelled crabs are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells
  • Fact 7 - About one-quarter of the crab's weight is meat
  • Fact 8 - Crab stats and facts
    • Weight: 2 pounds
    • Length: 6 inches
    • Habitat: in the ocean and sandy land with stones and rocks
    • Lifespan: 8 -13 years
    • Diet: the Crab are omnivores eating mainly algae, molluscs, worms, other crustaceans, fungi and bacteria
    • Predators include Lobsters
  • Fact 9 - A Crab is generally covered with a thick exoskeleton, and armed with a single pair of claws
  • Fact 10 - Male crabs often have larger claws than females
  • Fact 11 - The Crab typically walks sideways
  • Fact 12 - There are 500 known species of Hermit crabs
  • Fact 13 - Crabs tend to be aggressive towards each another and males often fight to gain access to females
  • Fact 14 - Crabs actually has ten legs
  • Fact 15 - The collective name for a group is a cast
  • Fact 16 - Males are called males
  • Fact 17 - Females are called females
  • Fact 18 - The names given to babies are hatchlings
  • Fact 19 - The male crabs have narrow abdomens, while the female crabs have broader abdomens
  • Fact 20 - The size of crabs can range from a small marble to that of several meters

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