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Divers discover exotic crab

Search for deep-sea vents nets new crab family.

A blind white crab bristling with hairs has been wrested from the deep, named, and slotted into the family tree of crustaceans.

Read the story here.

Posted by Nicola Jones on March 13, 2006 05:04 PM |

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Check this out: someone has made a stuffed toy version of the yeti crab. http://www.mediatinker.com/blog/archives/009547.html#009547

Posted by: nicola jones | March 20, 2006 06:42 PM

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