The 'Hoff' Crab discovery

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The 'Hoff' Crab discovery

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Wed Jan 4, '12, 8:55 pm

A new species of Crab have been discovered and have been given the name the "Hoff Crab" in honor of celebrity/entertainer David Hasselhoff (formerly of "Knight Rider", "Baywatch", "America's Got Talent", etc., fame):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blo ... s=blogpost

Interesting looking creatures, aren't they?
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Re: The 'Hoff' Crab discovery

Postby Thoul » Sat Jan 7, '12, 12:51 am

After clicking through a couple of links on the article, I was able to find a picture of the actual new crab species *, can't link directly to it :(), rather than the picture of a similar but different crab in the original article. They are definitely different from my typical thoughts of a crab. They're a lot more pale and have thicker limbs.

It just goes to show that there may yet be many undiscovered creatures living in the depths of the oceans.
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Re: The 'Hoff' Crab discovery

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Sat Jan 7, '12, 8:14 pm

It seems actor David Hasselhoff may be quite happy to have a new species of crab named after him from reading this article:

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... rity-crabs
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Re: The 'Hoff' Crab discovery

Postby Thoul » Mon Jan 9, '12, 7:49 pm

I'm glad he's a good sport about it. Some people might have taken offense at it, but it's all meant in fun.
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