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For the remaining 173 crabs, 100% molted twice, 96.5% molted three times, 63.0% molted four times, and 7.5% reached the fifth molt.

Improvement in hatchability may also be due to higher albumen height (better egg quality) of molted birds as it is the common observation that eggs with higher albumen height hatch better even after long storage.

Of these crabs, all molted during the urine collection period; 26 animals died while molting.

Roosters (n=16) were divided into two groups, molted (n=8) vs non molted (control) (n=8) group.

Audubon's Warblers in spring typically appeared with freshly molted body plumage, with only 5.9% of individuals not having fully completed their prealternate molt (Fig.

For a few females that molted in the same area used for pre-molt, we could not separate these periods.

2008) concluded that eurypterids indeed molted in much the same manner as modern scorpions, in spite of the obvious ecological differences between the aquatic eurypterids and the terrestrial scorpions.

In the present study, the efficacy of probiotics provided in the drinking water was evaluated for molted hens subjected to continuous feed removal and physiological parameters as well as postmolt laying performance were examined.

She's found that given a chance in the lab, males mate non-suicidally with females that haven't yet molted the final time.

"I can only assume that our lobster must have just molted before it was caught.

Recently, Rowe and Haedrich (2001) showed that the shedding rate for streamer tags in the field could reach 18% (40% for molted animals and 11% for nonmolting animals) after 8--12 months based on double tagging with a secondary carapace marking.

They do not dine on each other, but they eat the shells they have molted. They often devour mussels, clams, sea urchins, starfish, or even small fish and crabs.