Show mother crab guards her i eggs until they hatch A crab which reaches maturity Is a to creature its mother probably laid five thousand egas anil and of these thee perhaps per hips less than halt half a doyen munive to grow up tip notes a writer la in tit tita ilits its N E eggs laid by the mother tire are carried ahmit about until they hutch hatch and are about the size of the hed head of a small pin beneath Ilene nth the cibbs body or that part commonly known as the tall tail are feather like es the aggs fire are at hichel ni ii these iy ay 1 v tine flue threads and tire are held beld setu securely rely if attacked t the it e mother will fi lalit ht furiously to protect tier her treasures when newly lild bald the PS eggs are a bright orange orane color but soon become darlier darker u ill 11 alipy hp ap benr ell r a dull brown this change tit of color Is brought about ly by tile the develop ment of the lie erva cn iture ture inside the actual shells are transparent tiff T io most important tusk task of the baby crab Is to protect itself and apfl so natine provides it nith th a pair of eyes eves and it Is these which tt show through the lie shells when the eggs hurst burst open each tiny crab tails falls to the spa sea bottom bot ioni they are just about the sanle same size as tile the edg with ith a tiny tail attached their first movements are small jerky actions they rise fin an inch or so wriggle about for a moment then drop back atala I 1 gain A day later they have grown and are clothed lit in a thin horn horny coat something like tile the outer stin skin of a shrimp |