March 2006
Scientists find Yeti Crab!
An international team of marine biologists recently announced the discovery of Kiwa hirsuta, a ten-legged crustacean that resembles a lobster covered with what looks like silky, blond fur. Dubbed the “Yeti crab,” the species was discovered 900 hundred miles south of Easter Island in the South Pacific, living near a hydrothermal vent at an ocean depth of about 7,540 feet. The biologists were conducting a diving cruise to learn how geographical barriers affect the distribution of animals living near vents along the Pacific and Pacific-Antarctic Ridges.
21 July, 2006 at 9:41 am
Wow! That crab is GORGEOUS. I never thought I’d say such a thing about a crab.
24 September, 2006 at 2:45 pm
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16 October, 2006 at 11:55 am
I found it creepy…ugh!!!
22 March, 2007 at 9:07 am
that thing is the ugliest creature ever discovered!
26 June, 2007 at 3:47 pm
This crab was given existence for one…. one reason only. So I could write a paper on it and pass my oceanography class.
29 November, 2007 at 12:03 am
I have a shirt with it. SRSLY.
25 April, 2008 at 8:24 am
weird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
28 March, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo
1 April, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Raiul-
thank you for the message! Your English is fine- good work! 
22 November, 2009 at 4:07 pm
[...] energy from chemicals spewing from ocean-bottom vents and seeps. Among them was a family of “yeti crabs,” which have silky, hairlike filaments on the [...]