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Crabs are crustaceans.
Crabs have ten legs. Of these, the first pair are claws.
The sizes of crabs can range from a small marble to
about 4 meters.
Did you know?
The biggest crab Amazing
is the spider crab.
Its legs are so long they 50 million !!!! Red Crabs
could reach around a whole on Christmas Island
hippopotamus. It is almost (located in the Indian Ocean)
4 meters wide measured travel 8 km each year to the coast
from one front pincher and back to lay their eggs.
to the other one. They travel in a GIANT group for
protection from predators.
Once they have laid their eggs
they trek back to their
forest homes.

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The smallest known crab is the Pea Crab,
named for its size; while the largest crab is the
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­ amous Japanese Spider Crab.
The Japanese Spider Crab holds several
records:
It is the oldest crab of the world and it is
­ robably the most deep-living crab of
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the world; its natural habitats are usually the deepest
abysses of the Pacific Ocean.
Japanese Spider Crabs live longer than other crabs. Some
have been knows to live for a century and more.
Crabs eat a lot of things; they are known to eat both plant as
well as animal foods.
Most vegetarian crabs subsist only on algae. Flesh-eating
crabs can eat other crustaceans, worms and mollusks.

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Interesting crabs are the Ghost Crab and the
­Halloween Crab.
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The Ghost Crab really looks like a ghost with bulging
eyes and the Halloween Crab‘s colors will instantly Fiddler Crabs make
remind you of a Jack-O‘-Lantern. There‘s also a Thumb-
for good
nail Crab, which really looks like a human thumbnail. household pets.
The Fiddler Crab will immediately captivate anyone‘s
attention: They have a single large claw on one
side. They even raise this single claw in a movement that
looks like a person waving.
The most colorful crab in the world is probably the
Sally Lightfoot Crab. This crab has tantalizing ­colors
of red, orange, yellow and white.

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There‘s also a crab that‘s often mistaken as a spider ­
because of its long spindly legs. This crab is the Arrow Crab.
Hermit Crabs are unique because they do not grow
shells of their own; they take over unoccupied
snail shells, and must find new ones as they grow.
These crabs are commonly seen in tide pools.
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Some people need
to count the number
of legs to understand
whether it is an
Arrow Crab or a spider
(spiders have
eight legs).

5. Crab
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True or False?
1. Red Crabs on Christmas Island travel once a year in a
huge group to the ocean.
2. Crabs have eight legs like spiders.
3. The largest crab is the Japanese Spider Crab.
4. Hermit Crabs take over unoccupied shells.
5. Crabs are fish.
Answers:
1. T, 2. F (they have 10 leg), 3. T, 4. T, 5. F (no they are crustaceans)