MEASO - Happy #factfriday Did you know the Yeti crab species Kiwa tyleri got its nickname the "Hoff crab" due to its chest hair & muscular appearance reminding someone of David Hasselhoff!
![Encyclopedias of Life: From Diderot to the Yeti Crab - Weissmann - 2007 - The FASEB Journal - Wiley Online Library Encyclopedias of Life: From Diderot to the Yeti Crab - Weissmann - 2007 - The FASEB Journal - Wiley Online Library](https://faseb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/b98100d7-c54e-48f4-9046-8a4396f35c49/fsb2fj070801ufm-gra-0002-m.jpg)
Encyclopedias of Life: From Diderot to the Yeti Crab - Weissmann - 2007 - The FASEB Journal - Wiley Online Library
![Environmental Monitor | Genetic Study of Yeti Crabs Reveals Likely Common Ancestor—and Vulnerability Environmental Monitor | Genetic Study of Yeti Crabs Reveals Likely Common Ancestor—and Vulnerability](https://www.fondriest.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Kiwa-sp-from-Galapagos-Microplate.jpg)
Environmental Monitor | Genetic Study of Yeti Crabs Reveals Likely Common Ancestor—and Vulnerability
The Marine Diaries - Hydrothermal vent organisms - Take II 🔥 After last weeks post on Giant Tubeworms it's getting a little hairy this time. Let us present: The YETI CRAB!🦀 Check
![Bizarre Beasts on Twitter: "This Yeti Crab fun fact may be the best beast fact we've ever done! The researchers who discovered Kiwa tyleri, the Antarctic yeti crab, nicknamed it the “Hoff Bizarre Beasts on Twitter: "This Yeti Crab fun fact may be the best beast fact we've ever done! The researchers who discovered Kiwa tyleri, the Antarctic yeti crab, nicknamed it the “Hoff](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo6jEroVEAAF0Ku.jpg)