Arthropods and birds both molt. For which of these creatures is molting most dangerous?

Question

Can someone also explain the answer by comparing the two molting processes??

Answer 1

Moulting (technically known as 'ecdysis') is more dangerous for arthropods than for birds. Birds merely lose their feathers, whereas arthropods lose their exoskeleton, which leaves them vulnerable and much less protected. Birds' feathers have no immediate protective function, so moulting does not present such a great danger.