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.
The frustration of seeing extra pounds on the scaleâor of a too-tight waistband that you know used to fitâis understandable. But did you know that anything from a hormonal imbalance to vitamin deficiencies to the prescription meds you take can hold clues to what's making you gain weight? A lot of people make what we think are lifestyle choices but are actually our bodies reacting to factors we can't control, says Robert J. Hedaya, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center.