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 majority of women, sixty one percent, who participated in a nationwide survey felt that birth control pills caused weight gain. However, not all birth control pills cause weight gain. An equal number of women tend to gain weight as lose weight while taking birth control pills.Women concerned about weight loss or weight gain should talk with their health care professionals.hen two groups of women are given pills to take in a double blind study, one group takes birth control and the other group takes placebos but neither the women nor the researchers know which group is which, both groups show the same weight changes.