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New species of crab found...with blond hair.
Newscientist short sharp science blog ^ | March 8, 2006

Posted on 03/09/2006 4:11:06 AM PST by S0122017

Its silky blond hair looks pretty seductive – until you see the very large claws sticking out at the end. The good news is that the weird beast couldn’t catch you if it wanted to – it is blind.

The new lobster is in fact so strange that it has been given its own family and genus - Kiwa hirsuta. The 15-cm-long (6 inch) beast was found 2300 metres (7540 feet) under the South Pacific, 900 miles south of Easter Island. Many new species are plucked from the ocean each year, but scientists say it is unusual to find one in need of a new family name, or indeed a haircut.

You can explore the mysteries of the deep sea, or become an instant expert on this murky world, or just watch videos of broody squid carrying their eggs in their arms or sea lilies creeping away from trouble. (Image: Ifremer/A Fifis)



TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: biology; crustacean; evolution; science; species
Who needs hollywood if you got nature.
1 posted on 03/09/2006 4:11:10 AM PST by S0122017
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To: S0122017

I bet they are not very smart.


2 posted on 03/09/2006 4:12:11 AM PST by bmwcyle (We got permits, yes we DO! We got permits, how 'bout YOU?;))
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To: S0122017

Woops should have said "new species of lobster found"
Nah who cares.


3 posted on 03/09/2006 4:12:22 AM PST by S0122017 (I like posting)
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To: S0122017

I had a girlfriend once who was a blonde crab. Really pretty, but that attitude made her acquaintance a short one.


4 posted on 03/09/2006 4:13:49 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Join the FR folding team!! http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120)
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To: S0122017
Nah who cares.

You can bet every lobster in the Atlantic cares. How would you like being called a crab?

5 posted on 03/09/2006 4:14:46 AM PST by Cagey (You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. ~Chris Rock)
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To: S0122017

Hoochie mama!!

6 posted on 03/09/2006 4:15:17 AM PST by ovrtaxt (Join the FR folding team!! http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120)
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To: ovrtaxt

Hey, I think I know who you mean!


7 posted on 03/09/2006 4:16:57 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
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To: S0122017
For obvious reasons this creature should be named the "Jay Bennish Crab"

due to its remarkable similarity between it and its namesake, not only in appearance, but intelligence as well.

The two are believed to have the same IQ.

8 posted on 03/09/2006 4:19:16 AM PST by capt. norm (Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue)
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To: Cagey
How would you like being called a crab?

Certainly nothing to "clap" about.

9 posted on 03/09/2006 4:19:57 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Self appointed RNC Press Secretary for Smarmy Sound Bites.)
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To: S0122017

I think they are going to call it the "HILLARY".


10 posted on 03/09/2006 4:25:42 AM PST by SR 50 (Larry)
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To: S0122017
"Woops should have said "new species of lobster found" "

At six inches long, it's not a lobster, it's a crawfish.

11 posted on 03/09/2006 4:41:36 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)
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To: S0122017

Yeah, Baby!.............

12 posted on 03/09/2006 5:16:51 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: S0122017

Does the hair match the curtains?


13 posted on 03/09/2006 5:22:30 AM PST by Toby06
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To: Toby06

Wait, that's not how it goes. DUH!


14 posted on 03/09/2006 5:22:56 AM PST by Toby06
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To: S0122017

Yeah, but is it natural blond???

 

15 posted on 03/09/2006 5:23:53 AM PST by Fintan (Did you really think I could post such insightful replies if I actually read the article???)
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To: Toby06

Do the curtains match the rug?

 

16 posted on 03/09/2006 5:24:55 AM PST by Fintan (Did you really think I could post such insightful replies if I actually read the article???)
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To: Fintan

Yeah, that's it! thanks.


17 posted on 03/09/2006 5:27:02 AM PST by Toby06
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To: S0122017

You can pet it too.
It's all furry and cuddly.. it makes an even better pet than the mansize scorption i posted about. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1592637/posts

Im still searching for the perfect pet though.


18 posted on 03/09/2006 5:30:17 AM PST by S0122017 (I like posting)
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To: ovrtaxt

They should have called it the "Paris Hilton crab."


19 posted on 03/09/2006 5:36:45 AM PST by Malacoda (Islam=insane death cult)
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To: S0122017
"Not tonight, dear. I have the blondes."
20 posted on 03/09/2006 5:56:53 AM PST by Jonah Hex ("How'd you get that scar, mister?" "Nicked myself shaving.")
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