A new crustacean (= schaaldier) that resembles a lobster has been discovered:
source: cnn / bbc
The decapod crustacean has very long fur along its pincers and is white in colour. It has been placed in a new family called the Kiwaidae, and it is currently the only known representative.
I think it looks really nice, something you would expect in a SCIFI movie! What I actually don’t understand is how the discovery of a single example is enough to call it a new species…. makes me wonder about stuff like mutation.
A hairy detail in the cnn article:
The animal is white and 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) long — about the size of a salad plate.
Wrong equation in the wrong place IMHO.
IEUW!
Or maybe it’s extra-terrestial!
Yammie, please bring it here, I am sure I can find a salad plate big enough, especially if we take it to the the crustacean hairdresser first!