TIL about the Hoff crab, a species of deep-sea squat lobster that lives near Antarctica.

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TIL about the Hoff crab, a species of deep-sea squat lobster that lives near Antarctica. The crustacean was given its nickname owing to the resemblance between the dense covering of setae (hair-like structures) on its ventral surface and the hairy chest of actor David Hasselhoff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwa_tyleri?wprov=sfla1
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