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7/27/19

CHIMERA CRAB is 90 MILLION YEARS OLD (SEE THE FOSSIL) and LOOKS CARTOONISH

SCIENCE ALERT - FOSSILIZED CRAB "STRAIGHT OUT OF PIXAR" by Lindsey Bever of the Washington Post 

EXCERPT: This crab sported a tiny lobster-eaque shell, with legs flattened like oars and huge Pound Puppies-style peepers that protruded from its head - a trait that indicates the creature used its eyes actively for whatever it did, researchers said.  But its not only the critter's cartoonish appearance that has some researchers tickled, it's also what the ancient animal means to science.


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