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2015年6月11日—Likeallcrustaceans,decoratorcrabsmustshedtheirshellsinordertogrow,buttheywilloftenrecycletheirdecorationsaftertheymoult.Carefully ...
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Life[1] 11 June 2015Camouflaged fashionistas (Image: aphotomarine.com)
Species: Decorator crabs (superfamily Majoidea) Habitat: Shallow waters worldwide
If there’s one thing we have in common with these crabs, it’s our keen sense of fashion. Many of us love to don new clothes, wear jewellery or get tattoos and piercings.
So it is with the decorator crabs. About three-quarters of over 900 species of crab in the family Majoidea decorate themselves, making them perhaps nature’s most fashion-conscious animal.
Although not the only animals known to decorate themselves, the crabs ar...
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