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Horseshoe Crab 🦀 A Living Fossil! | 1 Minute Animals.

Discover the horseshoe crab, an ancient creature that has roamed the Earth for millions of years. You won't believe the bizarre appearance of this unique animal, with its hard shell and spiky legs. Learn about its fascinating history and why it's crucial for medical research.

How popular crab memes amplify mistaken ideas about evolution.

Opinion piece from @SciAm: "Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and 'ultimate forms.' They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific veneer."

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Beautiful blue crab with large yellow claw
Scientific AmericanCrab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about EvolutionMemes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific veneer

Green staghorn coral may be more likely to survive ocean warming if crabs are around phys.org/news/2025-02-green-st

"predation by #starfish led to wounds that bled mucus, which in turn attracted the hoof-clawed #crab... the #crabs fed on the mucus but did not harm the coral... they also fed on nearby #seaweed, typically the vectors for infectious #bacteria, which led to infection prevention in the #corals... coral that were protected by the crabs were 60% less likely to suffer tissue loss"