Ponderings of a Scientist

moderately useless musings on the World as I see it

Cute Crab.. man I'm a nerdy marine biologist

Category: Organism of the Week            Friday, June 23, 2006 at 7:00 pm

“This pale anemone crab is one of three crab species in the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands that invite the soft-bodied animals to piggyback on
their shells. The stinging anemones discourage the crabs’s predators
from attacking and are given a free ride in exchange.” - Excerpt from National Geographic Website

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