Photo in the News: "Yeti Crab" Discovered in Deep Pacific
The creature, dubbed the "yeti crab," is so unusual that a whole new family of animal had to be created to classify it. Its official name is Kiwa hirsuta, and even after a year of study scientists say there's still much about it they don't understand.
Michel Segonzac of the French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea found the small, blind crustacean last March during a deep-sea expedition some 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) south of Easter Island, which lies off the coast of Chile (map).
1 comment:
Now that is impressive! Why would a crab have hairy arms? I need some answers??
Love the train tracks... this must be what your grandfather and grandmother saw alot.
love going to your blog and good to chat Sunday.
xox
MC
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