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Scientists Discover Hermit Crabs Doing a Job No One Expected

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A parasitic plant on a Japanese island has found an unlikely way to send its offspring into the world. It appears to enlist wandering hermit crabs. Hidden on the floor of coastal forests near Okinawa, Balanophora fungosa looks more like a fungus than a typical flowering plant. It has no green foliage to harvest sunlight. [...]

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