Soldier Crabs. Known elsewhere as hermit crabs, these crabs are a unique set of crabs that can be found on the East Coast of the island. In order to protect its very vulnerable abdomen, these crabs carry a discarded mollusc shell.
Sir Walter Raleigh Â© Raleigh was an adventurer, courtier to Elizabeth I, navigator, author and poet.M. Walter Raleigh (also spelled Ralegh) was born into a well-connected gentry family at Hayes Barton in Devon in around 1552. He attended Oxford University for a time, fought with the Huguenots in France and later studied law in London.
For a history of hurricanes occurring in North Carolina, see List of North Carolina hurricanes. The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Hurricanes play their home games at the 18,680-seat PNC Arena. The franchise was formed in 1971 as the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association (WHA), and joined the NHL in 1979 as part of the NHLâWHA merger, renaming themselves the Hartford Whalers.