Yeti Crab from Top Weird Sea Creatures

This unusually large crustacean(15-cm-long), was discovered in 2005 in the South Pacific Ocean. Its legs and claws are cowered in feathery hairs or "setae", which is why it was nicknamed yeti lobster" or "yeti crab". Setae are covered with filamentous bacteria, which are speculated to be its food, or to be used as detoxifiers of poisonous minerals from the water emitted by the hydrothermal vents in which it lives. It feeds on green algae and small shrimp, as well. Although it is often called "furry lobster" by the non-scientists, it is more closely related to hermit crabs and squat lobsters.