Crawly the Crab

Crawly (named by Elise) is an emerald crab who lives in our salt water aquarium.  One evening a couple of weeks ago, we found him dead in the tank.  He'd been just fine that morning, so we were all very sad that he was gone...........or was he?  Mark was the one who finally solved the mystery.  Apparently certain types of crabs molt too (shrimp do as well, as our family has already discovered)!    

And, what a perfect learning opportunity for the girls!

Out come the magnifying glasses!

Elise was pretty creeped out by him, and ran screaming from the room anytime we gave her a chance to look at him mostly kept her distance.  

Well, just check him out for yourself!  Isn't it incredible how their shell remains so perfectly intact?!  How do they even get out of it?!  God made some pretty amazing creatures.....even if Crawly does look a bit like a hairy sea spider!