Striking footage showing the Japanese crab shedding its shell by stepping out of its own body has been caught on camera at San Diego Seaworld. The video shows the crab's brightly coloured new body emerging out of its old body through its torso, or, thorax. The footage shows the new shell-less body looking exactly like a duplicate of the old shell but much lighter in colour. The video shows the crab pushing up its old shell at an opening near the eyes and eventually emerging whole-bodily out of its former shell. The video footage is a sped up version of a process that takes around 15 minutes.

Source: Daily Mail February 08, 2019 17:43 UTC