Decorator Crab
🔬 Animal Research Sheet

Decorator Crab

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📖 Read about me

The decorator crab attaches living seaweed, sponge, coral, and stinging anemones to hooked hairs on its shell (like velcro) for camouflage and borrowed chemical defense. When it molts, it carefully replants the decorations onto its new shell.

🌍 Where do I live? (my habitat)

⚡ What is my superpower?

🤯 One weird TRUE fact I learned

🔎 How do scientists KNOW this?

(Hint: look for clues in the facts — did they film it, measure it, or test it?)

✏️ Draw me!

❓ One question I still have

Wild Zoo Facts · https://wildzoofacts.com/animals/decorator-crab/ — read the full facts, watch the video, and check your answers.