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This adorable parasite lives in your seafood

Popkin
Jun 05, 2025
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Pea crab on a mussel shell (mastersky/shutterstock.com)

These adorable little menaces like to hide in your seafood and eat it before you do. You may have heard of Pea Crabs before, but have you seen what they look like when they're crawling around? They look like little cartoon characters, and I'd have to keep one as a pet if I found it crawling out of a…

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