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What is exoskeleton

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An exoskeleton is the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body.
An exoskeleton is a key feature of arthropods, a category of animals that includes insects, spiders, and crustaceans. Grasshoppers, cockroaches, ants, bees, cicadas, scorpions, lobsters, shrimp, black widows, snails and crabs are all examples of animals with exoskeletons.

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