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Now you know...
Thanks to the Comics Curmudgeon today, I know know that boxer crabs hold sea anemones in each claw and use them to fight off intruders:
http://www.vibrantsea.net/boxer19_anilao18.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diverslog/142677492/
http://www.deeperblue.net/article.php/208/13
http://www.underwaterphotography.com/photo-contest/View.asp?ID=12393
http://www.edge-of-reef.com/brachiuri/BRALybiatessellataen.htm
I'm seeing some sort of fancy anemone-waving martial art now. Anemone no Jutsu!
Actually, it sounds vaguely familiar. I probably ran across it in a book as a kid. It's still filed under WAY TOO FUCKING COOL.
http://www.vibrantsea.net/boxer19_anilao18.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diverslog/142677492/
http://www.deeperblue.net/article.php/208/13
http://www.underwaterphotography.com/photo-contest/View.asp?ID=12393
http://www.edge-of-reef.com/brachiuri/BRALybiatessellataen.htm
I'm seeing some sort of fancy anemone-waving martial art now. Anemone no Jutsu!
Actually, it sounds vaguely familiar. I probably ran across it in a book as a kid. It's still filed under WAY TOO FUCKING COOL.

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...and the little anemone boxing glove pompoms is just adorable. *squee*