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Nature's Odd Couples

May 30, 2026

The Boxer Crab and Its Living Pom-Poms

The tiny boxer crab carries a stinging anemone in each claw, waving them like pom-poms for defence — and if it loses one, it clones a spare. Inside one of the reef’s strangest partnerships.

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The Boxer Crab and Its Living Pom-Poms

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