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Porcelain crabs are called crabs. They look like crabs. But in fact they’re more closely related to lobsters.
Before you think I’m about to go full JBP on you, this is an example of what biologists call “convergent evolution": a phenomenon where genetically distinct species end up with a strong resemblance, after evolving …
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