A spectacular moment when a crab changes its carapace

Shocking images have been recorded in an aquarium, capturing the exact moment when a crab gets rid of its shell. Watch video

The recording of security cameras at an aquarium in San Diego, California, shows how this is the moment when the crab change his shell. This happens when the crustacean is too big and needs to change hulls to keep growing.

The video is in fast camera because this process can last several days. In this you see that the crab He seems to detach himself from the shell that forms his shell and lets it pull thanks to the force he exerted to get rid of the "frame" which remains small.

The change of "house" is done after eight weeks of secretion of enzymes under their "shell" to start the separation process, the crab He exerts strong pressure so that his soft body can break his shell, slide upwards and stretch his new limbs.

After leaving his old shelter, the skin of the animal is very thin, almost like a paper, but it will take a few weeks for it to harden and can again fight for the defense of its territory.

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