Why does "grab" close after use

If I launch the Grab application, use it to grab a screenshot, save the screenshot and then move away, say to Safari to get another screen on which I want to use Grab, when I return to Grab, it has closed.  I then have to relaunch it.  Why???  I never asked it to close...  Never said "quit"... 
I know it didn't always work this way although it's been this way for a while now.  Is this a bug??  Or intentional??? 
Anyone know???  thanks...  bob...

I did what you suggested with Activity Monitor...  Yes, even though the application appears to quit, the Grab process is still running in the Activity Monitor even though it shows as a closed app in the Dock.  And more to the practical point, when I now use <command><tab> (whatever that's called) to move through the available, running apps, Grab is not there... 
It's not a big deal but I know it wasn't always that way...  I use Grab a lot and I've been curious about why this changed for quite some time now...  Maybe it changed when Mountain Lion came along???  I don't recall...  It's certainly been a while...  I just now got curious enough to wonder why it changed... 
thanks... bob...

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