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Surfing on a turtle’s tail makes swinging crabs monogamous

Brian Owens · September 21, 2016 ·

Surfing the world’s oceans on the back of a turtle may sound like a life of luxury, but for a small crab it also means restricting itself to a single mate. A species of small oceanic crab, Planes minutus often makes its home on the shells of loggerhead turtles. They tuck themselves into a tiny […]

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