After emerging, they are, of course, quite soft, and the Setae on the carapace and legs are flexible.
"Tropic Days"
E. J. Banfield
The crab then selects choice bits of weed from its old shell and fastens them to itself by the Setae, which soon curl at the tips like the tendrils of a vine, and so hold them firmly.
"Tropic Days"
E. J. Banfield
He says: "A house mouse apparently, with tail equal to head and body, and uniformly furnished with minute Setae to the end; ears large and ample; colour nearly that of M. decumanus, with the under-parts subdued white, tolerably well defined."
"Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon"
Robert A. Sterndale