My Big Fam
  • Home
  • Meet the Fam
    • Parents of Fourteen
    • The Girls
    • The Guys
    • The "Three Musketeers"
  • Home Base First
    • Home Birth
    • Home School >
      • Home School Curriculum
    • Home Health >
      • Eating Matters >
        • A week of the Schultz's diet
    • Home Business
  • Fun!
    • Holidays >
      • Purim!
      • July 4th
      • Thanksgiving
      • Christmas >
        • Christmas Photos
      • New Year's Eve
      • New Year's Day
    • Birthdays
    • Just For Fun >
      • Game Night
      • Puzzle Fun
      • Outside Activities
      • Dressing Up Time
      • Blogs >
        • Family Adventures
        • Rachel Remembers
  • More
    • Photo Gallery
    • Links >
      • Healthyums
      • ZionOasis
      • The Town Sound
  • Contact Us

Runaway Crabs!

7/31/2013

0 Comments

 
Picture
A few of the many pets we had were quite crabby. They were shy, too, and they walked sideways, but they had a good excuse --- they were hermit crabs! Hermit crabs live in empty seashells to protect their soft bodies. They have a sticky pad at the end of their tail which they use to attach themselves to a shell. When a hermit crab gets too big for its shell, it finds a slighter bigger one.
We had three hermit crabs. They ate celery, lettuce, and grapes. When they got too big for their shells, we got them bigger ones. But we didn't get to see them switch shells. They made sure to do it when we weren't looking.
   We also had a few regular crabs. They were about an inch and a half across from claw to claw. If you've ever looked at a crab, you'd have noticed that their right claw is at least twice as big as their left. They use the bigger claw for eating, fighting, etc. In our crabs' case, they used them for something else.
We kept the crabs in an aquarium that they shared with some neon tetra fish (see photo). They are very small fish with blue and red streaks on their sides. Evidently the crabs thought that they would make a tasty meal, because they went fishing. One morning, I got up to do my schoolwork and I saw one of the crabs with a fish in his claw. He was happily eating. The crabs would wait motionlessly until one of the fish swam close enough to catch, then grab it with their claws. Soon all the tasty fish were gone, and they got into more mischief. As usual, I got up early, just in time to see both crabs scuttling sideways down the table. Fortunately, my dad was up, and quickly scooped up both crabs and put them back in their aquarium. After that, we made sure the lid was tightly shut!
 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Rachel

    Archives

    September 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

   Home     Meet the Fam     Home Base First     Fun     Contact Us