What's white and blind and hairy all over?
June 26, 2015 12:40 PM Subscribe
'Yeti' Crab Grows Its Own Food, Lives in Antarctic Spa There are three known species of yeti crabs, and now, in a new paper, scientists have described the characteristics of one of these species — Kiwa tyleri — for the first time. K. tyleri is the only species of yeti crab known to reside in the Southern Ocean, off Antarctica.
It probably pays for its own car insurance, too, and I bet it doesn't only ever call its parents to ask for money.
posted by clockzero at 12:48 PM on June 26, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by clockzero at 12:48 PM on June 26, 2015 [2 favorites]
The appearance of this "chest hair" led scientists to nickname Kiwa tyleri the "Hoff crab"
Way to bury the lede, people.
posted by bjrn at 12:58 PM on June 26, 2015 [13 favorites]
Way to bury the lede, people.
posted by bjrn at 12:58 PM on June 26, 2015 [13 favorites]
What's white and blind and hairy all over?
Me in the morning, before I put on my glasses?
posted by Foosnark at 1:32 PM on June 26, 2015 [3 favorites]
Me in the morning, before I put on my glasses?
posted by Foosnark at 1:32 PM on June 26, 2015 [3 favorites]
paging Hairy Lobster!
FINE. I'll go get him. But I swear this is the last time.
posted by yeti at 2:06 PM on June 26, 2015 [7 favorites]
FINE. I'll go get him. But I swear this is the last time.
posted by yeti at 2:06 PM on June 26, 2015 [7 favorites]
Kiwa Tyleri would be a really cool name for a pop singer.
posted by nicebookrack at 2:28 PM on June 26, 2015
posted by nicebookrack at 2:28 PM on June 26, 2015
Totes adorbs.
posted by Going To Maine at 2:41 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Going To Maine at 2:41 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
What's white and blind and hairy all over?
Andrea Bocelli?
posted by MikeMc at 2:45 PM on June 26, 2015
Andrea Bocelli?
posted by MikeMc at 2:45 PM on June 26, 2015
My husband.
But also, these crabs.
I like the idea of crabs that farm their own food on their own bodies near sulfur vents. Fascinating.
Thanks for posting this.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:23 PM on June 26, 2015 [2 favorites]
But also, these crabs.
I like the idea of crabs that farm their own food on their own bodies near sulfur vents. Fascinating.
Thanks for posting this.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 3:23 PM on June 26, 2015 [2 favorites]
Sorry, had to sober up from watching Germany vs France at the pub...
It's true, I do grow my own food!
posted by Hairy Lobster at 5:23 PM on June 26, 2015 [4 favorites]
It's true, I do grow my own food!
posted by Hairy Lobster at 5:23 PM on June 26, 2015 [4 favorites]
What's white and blind and hairy all over?
Justice Scalia (you have no idea what he's got under those robes)
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:43 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
Justice Scalia (you have no idea what he's got under those robes)
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:43 PM on June 26, 2015 [1 favorite]
This crab is known by many as The Hoff Crab, named after you know who.
posted by eye of newt at 9:21 AM on June 27, 2015
posted by eye of newt at 9:21 AM on June 27, 2015
The more I look at these things, the more I'm reminded of the head crabs in Half Life and Half Life 2.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:11 AM on June 27, 2015
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 10:11 AM on June 27, 2015
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