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.
Depending on how much a woman weighed before getting pregnant, the IOM recommended weight gain for each category of pre-pregnancy BMI is as follows: Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2); total weight gain range: 28 to 40 pounds.