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.
Although women taking birth control pills often gain weight, recent studies indicate that birth control pills (including Seasonale) probably do not cause weight gain for most women.