no. they mostly sense light and dark and the movement of shadows, but they are very god at detecting vibrations. That is why if you are on the beach, crabs can sense your presence by your footsteps from a long ways away and move quickly back into the water.
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Crabs have compound eyes that can detect movement and light, but they do not have the best vision compared to other animals. Their vision is mostly used for detecting predators and finding food in their environment.
That is correct. Pluto is so very far away that we can't see it well on a telescope to see what the ground looks like.
The collective noun for mud crabs is a "cast" of crabs.
No, crabs are not herbivores. They are omnivores, which means they eat both plant matter and other animals. Crabs have a varied diet that includes algae, seaweed, bacteria, and other marine organisms.
No because they have been alive for a very long time
Fiddler crabs typically lay between 100 to 1,000 eggs at a time, depending on the species. The female crab carries the fertilized eggs under her abdomen until they hatch into larvae.