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Crabs are crustaceans with ten legs, including pincers for gripping, and they can move in all directions, typically sideways. They are found in oceans worldwide, with some species living on land or in freshwater. As omnivores, crabs eat a variety of foods, including seaweed, worms, clams, and shrimp.

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Crab Fact File ks1

Crabs are crustaceans with ten legs, including pincers for gripping, and they can move in all directions, typically sideways. They are found in oceans worldwide, with some species living on land or in freshwater. As omnivores, crabs eat a variety of foods, including seaweed, worms, clams, and shrimp.

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How do they move?
What do they look like?
• Crabs can move in all
• Crabs have ten legs. The directions.
front two legs have claws.
• They tend to walk or run What do they eat?
These are called pincers
sideways as this is the fastest Crabs are omnivores. This
and are used to grip. The
way for them to get about. means they eat meat and
other eight are used for
walking. plants. They might eat:
Where do they live?
• They have a hard, • seaweed
protective shell. This is • Crabs are found in all of the
• worms
the crab’s exoskeleton. An world’s oceans.
exoskeleton is a skeleton • clams
• Some crabs can live on land and
on the outside of the body. others live in rivers and lakes. • shrimp

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