Wild Wonders Lobsters Grow Bigger By Shedding Their Tough Exoskeletons Posted: February 22, 2025 | Last updated: February 22, 2025 "ZooEarthTV brings you incredible animal interactions, amazing ...

Instead, hermit crabs have a hard exoskeleton on the front part of their bodies but a soft tail on the other half, which they protect using the discarded shells of other animals, like whelks.

This property originates from the formation of a cholesteric liquid crystal phase with an optically active, helical structure during chrysalis during exoskeleton formation and the solidification ...