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Puget Sound king crab
Fishing for Chinese mitten crabs in Germany
Cancer: The zodiac sign explained
Edible crab California king crab decapod rock crab Crabs of the Galapagos Islands Crab (Zozymus aeneus).
Fascinating creatures of Japan's mangrove swamps
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Lion (panthera leo)
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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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Fishing for Chinese mitten crabs in Germany
The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is a widespread invasive species...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Mikelane45/Dreamstime.com
Cancer: The zodiac sign explained
In astrology, Cancer is considered to govern between June 22 and July 22.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Fascinating creatures of Japan's mangrove swamps
Learn about fiddler crabs and mudskippers.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
See a hermit crab walking through the rocks
Hermit crabs in action.
Video: © Fun Travel TV (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Observe social interactions of bottlenose dolphins at Scandola Nature Reserve on the coast of Corsica, also home to crabs and lobsters and other marine life
Explore the waters of Scandola Nature Reserve, Corsica, home to such marine life...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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Puget Sound king crab
Puget Sound king crab (Lopholithodes mandtii), a lithodid (“stone”) crab,...
© Drew Collins/Dreamstime.com
Edible crab
Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)
© Aleksey Stemmer/Fotolia
California king crab
California king crab (Paralithodes californiensis).
Moondigger
decapod
Masked crab (Corystes cassivelanus), Belgian coast.
Hans Hillewaert
rock crab
Rock crab.
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
Crabs of the Galapagos Islands
Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus), Galapagos National Park, Galapagos...
© javarman/Fotolia
Crab (Zozymus aeneus).
M. Shirao--B.W. Halstead, World Life Research Institute
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