East Usambara tree-hole crab (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

East Usambara tree-hole crab

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Hundreds of Eastern Arc species exist nowhere else on Earth, including the East Usambara tree-hole crab, whose use of tree holes for moulting produces water that is used locally for treating calcium deficiency during pregnancy.

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Julian Bayliss

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