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The world's most color-changing crab: The tide crab

We have seen more crabs, but have you seen crabs that can change color? Do you know what the world's most color-changing crab is? The most color-changing crab in the world is the tide crab. This crab can change its color freely many times a day, up to eight different colors and they live in caves underwater in temperate and tropical bays. Aug 28, 2024

What is the most color-changing crab in the world


The rapid change of skin color is one of the most amazing things we can see in the animal kingdom, and apart from chameleons, there are many creatures in nature that have this ability, and tide crabs are one of them! Their habits are completely governed by the tide, and they hide in their holes to rest when the tide is high, and they only come out when the tide is low. At night, the tide crab's body is yellow. When the sun comes out, its body gradually becomes darker; during the day when the tide is low, it is the most active time of the day and its body color reaches its darkest moment.

 

Characteristics of the fiddler crab


The tide crab is able to see and hear, and also through sight and hearing, allows its young to gather and move around together. They usually stay in their burrows during the day and come out at night in search of food. There are several types of tide crabs, and the size of the burrows they live in varies from species to species. Moreover, their burrows are dug according to their own size.

 

The origin of the name of the tide crab

The name of the crab comes from the fact that it comes out at low tide and rests at high tide. From this, we can also know that the life and habits of the crab follow the tide completely. The tide crab is the most color-changing crab. In a day, it can change eight colors. In a 24-hour period, its body color varies from day to night.

At night, the crab is yellow, but when the sun is just rising, the color of the crab will slowly darken. At low tide, the crab's body will reach its darkest state, which is also the most exciting time of the day. According to experts, this is due to the influence of the body structure of the tide crab, which secretes objects from its eye stalk to give its shell a color change.

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