Burrowing

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Burrowing

Post by Guest » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:52 pm

Does anyone have a video of a crab burrowing underground?My pp's never dig and when my guys went down to molt,I didn't see them dig but I new they were molting because they all went down in the front left corner and gave me a window to watch them :D .And if no haves a video of a crap burrowing can you tell me how they do it.


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Post by Guest » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:01 pm

They do it with their little legs. :D


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Post by Guest » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:27 pm

:oops:


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Post by Guest » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:27 pm

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Post by Mamakins » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:33 am

picture a child digging a big hole in the sand with their hands, pushing the sand aside as they go deeper and deeper.
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Post by evre1's-mom » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:55 am

bkn14, there is nothing to be embarrassed about. We all have questions. I actually got to watch a couple of mine because they are avid diggers. What they did was scoop sand with their legs and push it out of the way with their big pinchers. It's pretty cool to see because they can move a lot of sand for such little guys. :)
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