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How This Crab Mom Fights With Living Weapons

Clip: Season 44 Episode 10 | 2m 59sVideo has Closed Captions

A boxer crab mother relies on living anemones for defense.

With more than a thousand eggs to protect, a boxer crab mother uses living anemones for defense — and even clones them when one is lost.

03/04/2026

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