The hardened abdomen protects the coconut crab and reduces water loss on land, but has to be moulted periodically. Adults moult annually, and dig a burrow up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long in which to hide while vulnerable. It remains in the burrow for 3 to 16 weeks, depending on the size of the animal.
Jolessa â¢ (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol) is a prescription birth control pill. Despite common knowledge, weight gain is probably not a side effect of Jolessa or most other birth control pills.
About 75% of people, including health care providers, think that birth control pills cause weight gain. Yet when two groups of women are given pills, with one group taking hormonal contraception or birth control, and the other group taking placebos, the weight changes in each group are the same.bout 75% of people, including health care providers, think that birth control pills cause weight gain. Yet when two groups of women are given pills, with one group taking hormonal contraception or birth control, and the other group taking placebos, the weight changes in each group are the same.