@healthebayaquarium: We ❤️ our decorator crab! 🦀 Decorator crabs have small, hair-like bristles called setae on their upper shell (carapace) that acts similar to Velcro. The crab can choose small animals (like the strawberry anemones you can see on this crab) and algae to "decorate" their shell in order to camouflage in their habitat. Decorator crabs shed their exoskeleton (shell) as they grow through a process called molting, and will continue to do so until they reach sexual maturity. The crab can also recycle and repurpose the animals and algae from their old shell to add to their new shell once they've molted! No need to fear these cool creatures. . . . #decoratorcrab #crab #healthebayaquarium #aquarium #nonprofit #healthebay #santamonicapier #santamonica #losangeles

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