The Hoff' crab is new ocean find

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16394430

The animal was discovered living around volcanic vents off South Georgia.

Great piles of the crabs were seen to come together.

The creature has still to be formally classified, hence the humorous nickname that honours the often bare-chested US actor David Hasselhoff.

It is, however, a type of yeti crab, said Professor Alex Rogers who led the research cruise that found the animal, and it will be given a formal scientific name in due course.


The crab occurs in staggering densities - up to 600 individuals per square metre


An unidentified pale octopus was seen nearly 2,400m down

[OKIsItJustMe]

1. See also…

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11273142

[Nihil]

7. When I looked at the photos from the other thread ...

... I obviously needed more coffee as I thought that the white mounds
were *barnacles* not *crabs* ...

[Dead_Parrot]

2. That's a shitload of crabs.

[badtoworse]

3. How long till they're on Deadliest Catch?

[xchrom]

4. I. Do. Not. Want. To. Eat. The. Hoff. Crab. Nt

[MADem]

9. Not even on a hamburger bun, whilst lounging on the floor in an inebriated state, and being videoed?

I actually clicked on this link because I thought "Wouldn't it be a riot if they named that crab after the Baywatch guy?" I never expected it to actually be named after the very fellow!

[UnseenUndergrad]

5. Because Barbossa was ONLY DEAD!

... to a place, not of death, but punishment. The worst fate a person can bring upon himself... stretching on forever...

THAT is what awaits in Davy Jones Locker.

[Historic NY]

6. Well they don't look too edible.....

[A Simple Game]

8. Why not, they're already cooked. n/t

[Nihil]

10. It would be a laugh if they found lobsters there ...

... that, when dropped alive into boiling water, would sit there for a while
to bask in the relief of heat then climb out of the pot and scare the crap
out of the kitchen staff!