Comments on: Yeti Crab Roundup https://deepseanews.com/2011/12/yeti-crab-roundup/ All the news on the Earth's largest environment. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:16:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://csrtech.com By: Jon Copley https://deepseanews.com/2011/12/yeti-crab-roundup/#comment-11618 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:16:16 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=16036#comment-11618 Well hey, a couple of weeks ago we found yet more yeti crabs out here at vents on the SW Indian Ridge, different in morphology to the Costa Rican seep and southern Pacific vent species (incidentally, K. hirsuta was described from the Pacific, rather than the Indian Ocean).

For a few first-glimpse photos, check out http://www.thesearethevoyages.net/jc67/diary.html

These boys don’t dance though, unlike the “puravida”s (which does sound a bit like a Ricky Martin song).

]]> By: Blogs Worth Cheering For: Now With Extra Bonus Santa! | Science Cheerleader https://deepseanews.com/2011/12/yeti-crab-roundup/#comment-11617 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:26:17 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=16036#comment-11617 […] Yeti crabs.  Seriously.  These deep sea animals got a lot of attention from science bloggers over the past couple of weeks.  Dr. M at Deep Sea News has a lot of links about these animals that, as Ed Yong explains,  grow bacteria on their claws and then eat it.  It sounds kinda gross but it’s actually pretty cool if you watch it.  (Yes, there’s video.) […]

]]> By: Dr. M https://deepseanews.com/2011/12/yeti-crab-roundup/#comment-11616 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:07:19 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=16036#comment-11616 In reply to Zen Faulkes.

That is much better

]]> By: Zen Faulkes https://deepseanews.com/2011/12/yeti-crab-roundup/#comment-11615 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:17:29 +0000 https://www.deepseanews.com/?p=16036#comment-11615 “I will also note there is very disgraceful lack of hip-hop themed videos.”

They’re coming at such a clip, one might be forgiven for missing one of the more recent one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuM5XNkadcA

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