Hairy-chested crab named after David Hasselhoff

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'The Hoff' crab is new ocean find

By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News

UK scientists have found prodigious numbers of a new crab species on the Southern Ocean floor that they have dubbed "The Hoff" because of its hairy chest.

The animal was discovered living around volcanic vents off South Georgia.

Great piles of the crabs were seen to come together.

The creature has still to be formally classified, hence the humorous nickname that honours the often bare-chested US actor David Hasselhoff.

It is, however, a type of yeti crab, said Professor Alex Rogers who led the research cruise that found the animal, and it will be given a formal scientific name in due course.



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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16394430

[Swede]

1. I haven't laughed this hard since Hasselhoff made that burger commercial.

nt

[Ian David]

2. ...