Crab sheds its hard shell, its exoskeleton, it has to wait about a week for the new.

当一只青蟹褪掉了它的硬壳(也就是它的外骨骼)之后，新长出的壳要等上大概一个星期才能变硬。

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The velvet swimming crab has bright red eyes, with a coat of fine hair on its shell giving it a velvety texture.

泳绒梭子蟹的眼睛是鲜红色的，甲壳上覆盖着细绒毛，使它具有柔软光滑的质地。

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Its abdomen is soft, so a hermit crab USES the empty shell of a sea snail to protect itself.

它的腹部是软的，所以寄居蟹用一个空的海洋蜗牛的壳来保护自己。

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Continuing the theme of found food, a soft-shell crab is presented as an edible beach treasure, surrounded by amaranth grains for sand and brown-butter sauce for seawater.

NEWYORKER: Atera

Soft-shell crab with a hazelnut salad, fried oysters with a green-chile-buttermilk dressing, a gin-and-tonic salmon with a subtle juniper aroma: these were creative combinations not often seen on New York menus.

NEWYORKER: Bell Book & Candle

I'm like a little hermit crab who retreats back into his shell.

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