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5000 Facts About Crabs and Lobsters
Paperback
Publisher: A. Smith Media
Published: Apr 23 2026
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Sink into the strange and wonderful world of 5000 Facts About Crabs and Lobsters - an encyclopedic deep-dive into the armored, sideways-walking, claw-snapping wonders of the ocean floor. From the giant Maine lobster to the tiny pea crab, this book gathers 5,000 surprising facts about the biology, behavior, and habitats of crustaceans large and small.
Discover how a lobster's claw can crush an oyster shell with the force of 300 times its body weight, how fiddler crabs woo mates with one giant claw, why hermit crabs upgrade their houses, how horseshoe crabs survived five mass extinctions, and what makes a coconut crab strong enough to climb palm trees. Learn about molting, regeneration, deep-sea giants, tide-pool dwellers, and the surprising intelligence of these ancient ocean engineers.
Perfect for marine biology fans, tide-pool explorers, seafood lovers, students, and trivia hunters. Read straight through or dip in for one fact at a time - every page reveals something new about the crustacean wonders that have ruled the seas for 500 million years.
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