Tuesday, May 1, 2012

King Crabs Avoid Hot Water


King crabs are a unique species of crab that live in very deep, very cold waters in order to live to greater ages. By making this adaptation, they are able to age slower and thus live to a greater age, and even become larger and greater predators. However, due to unknown changes in sea temperature, King Crabs have been migrating into more shallow waters. The higher temperatures could negatively impact their evolution and even results in death to some of the 100 species.

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