'Hoff' yeti crab hitched ride on ocean super-highway

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22952728


The crab was named after the frequently bare-chested actor David Hasselhoff

A hairy crab named after David Hasselhoff hitched a ride on an ocean "super-highway" to cross from the Pacific to the Atlantic millions of years ago.

The crabs reproduce by releasing many larvae into the water so that a handful reach other vents and colonise them.

But it is thought that they survive for only a short time in open waters; so a strong west-to-east current around Antarctica may have aided their spread.

The animal was discovered in 2011.

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1. "A hairy crab named after David Hasselhoff..."

That's just too good.

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2. it's too perfect...

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3. It took me a second of asking myself: "How does Yeti relate to David Hasselhoff?"

before I realized they said 'Hoff' was in ref to David Hasselhoff.