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2025-02-06 13:54:00
Antarctica
A female (left) and male ‘Hoff crab’. Male crabs of a species named after David Hasselhoff grow bigger claws than females so they can fight each other for a mate. Scientists from the universities of Portsmouth and Southampton have discovered the difference in claw size while monitoring the ‘Hoff crab’, which gained its nickname because of its hairy chest, prompting comparisons with the Baywatch star. The species, whose official name is Kiwa tyleri, lives in large communities around hot vents on the seafloor in Antarctica and its many hairs host bacteria which the crab feeds on
Photograph: Dr Nicolai Roterman/PA
