CANNIBAL CRAB! Well… not exactly. You probably already know that crabs molt (for crabs this process is actually called ecdysis) as they grow older, breaking out of their old shell and forming a new one. But you may not know why this crab appears to be eating its old shell. Crabs sometimes do this to consume the nutrients like calcium left behind in their shell. | Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (DNERR)
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CANNIBAL CRAB! Well… not exactly. You probably already know that crabs molt (for crabs this process is actually called ecdysis) as they grow older, breaking out of their old shell and forming a new one. But you may not know why this crab appears to be eating its old shell. Crabs sometimes do this to consume the nutrients like calcium left behind in their shell. | Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (DNERR)
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