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Invasion Without the Body Snatchers

By Lauren GravitzJun 1, 2003 5:00 AM

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The yellow sac under this European green crab is a parasitic, castrating barnacle that normally helps keep the creature's population in check. Photograph courtesy of Todd Huspeni.

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