CITIZEN DOSSIER
UEE Citizen Record #482754
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rabidCRABS
Handle name Armor-Piercing
Legatus
Main organization
Enlisted Jun 18, 2014
Fluency English
Bio
Why Do Animals Keep Evolving into Crabs?
Crablike bodies are so evolutionarily favorable that they’ve evolved at least five different times.
Carcinization is an example of a phenomenon called convergent evolution, which is when different groups independently evolve the same traits. It's the same reason both bats and birds have wings. But intriguingly, the crab-like body plan has emerged many times among very closely related animals.
Crablike bodies are so evolutionarily favorable that they’ve evolved at least five different times.
Carcinization is an example of a phenomenon called convergent evolution, which is when different groups independently evolve the same traits. It's the same reason both bats and birds have wings. But intriguingly, the crab-like body plan has emerged many times among very closely related animals.