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The crab will select pieces of seaweed, coral, rocks, or even other small animals from around its habitat and then fastens them to hooked bristles on the back of its shell. This camouflage helps protect the crab from predators and so long as they stay in the general area of where they scavenged, the crab can look near invisible on the reef or seafloor. The hooked bristles along its body are known