Yeti crab leg hair farm

    Summer vacation just started and to kick off the summer I'm ironically going to talk about a more winter themed animal. Meet the yeti crab! They live near underwater geysers that spew out tons of mineral rich seawater. These minerals let bacteria grow which in turn is eaten by yeti crabs.

The thing that makes yeti crabs special is that not only do they catch the bacteria using their leg hair, they also let bacteria reproduce on their arms! That's right, yeti crabs farm and "harvest" bacteria on their leg hairs!

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