• Otter@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

    Carcinisation (American English: carcinization) is a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as “the many attempts of Nature to evolve a crab”.

    Pretty neat