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Lucilia bufonivora (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae)
... that larvae of the
toadfly
(adult pictured)
make their way through the
nostrils
of the
common toad
and eat its flesh?
... that the
boxer crabs
Lybia tessellata
and
Lybia edmondsoni
carry a
sea anemone
such as
Triactis producta
in each claw for protection from
predators
?
... that the
barnacle
Megabalanus tintinnabulum
travelled from the tropics to the
Netherlands
by ship in 1764 and reached
Western Australia
in 1949?
... that
carcinologist
Isabel Pérez Farfante
and her family were blacklisted by the Cuban government because her husband refused to travel with
Che Guevara
?
... that the long-nosed spider crab,
Libinia dubia
, disguises itself by sticking bits of unpalatable
seaweed
and invertebrates on its
carapace
?
... that swarms of Japanese
soldier crabs
of the species
Mictyris guinotae
, named after French biologist
Danièle Guinot
, can be used in place of the
billiard balls
in
billiard-ball computers
?