Cool Video of Giant Spider Crab Moulting Exoskeleton

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My neighbor's kids ask me to post this, so I am obliging. :lol:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgCDcobtZHs&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - ?????????6??????- The giant spider crab sloughed off old skin.[/ame]
 
Interesting. I wonder how long it takes for the skeleton to harden after the moult.
 
Bottesini said:
Interesting. I wonder how long it takes for the skeleton to harden after the moult.
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One of the kids, Judy, wants to inform you that since she knows Blue Crabs fully harden two to four days after moulting, she is sure the same is true of Spider Crabs. :) Apparently it depends on the amount of nutrients and protein in the water, she says. (I dunno myself, lol.)
 
That was Freaking AWESOME video- never seen somthing like that before!
 
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