Why everything eventually becomes a crab
www.popsci.com
The crab shape has evolved so many times that scientists had to come up with a special term for it: carcinization.
The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/vegfemnat on 2024-12-09 18:45:10.

Original Title: TIL about Carcinisation, a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans tend to evolve a crab-like body morphology. It has been described as “the many attempts of nature to evolve a crab”