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Musical Malacostracans

A Malacostracan is any crustacean of the subclass Malacostraca, including lobsters, crabs, woodlice, sand hoppers and opossum shrimps.

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Possibly the greatest album cover of all time!!!

In music a Crab Canon, is a canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order.

The name derives from the old mistaken belief that crabs walk backwards.

To hear an example pass your mouse over the musical notes below.

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A final mention must go to the video of 'I believe in a thing called love' by The Darkness which contains a giant four clawed crab.

Not as bizarre as it sounds as a three clawed crab (called Clarissa) was being exhibited at the Anglesey Sea Zoo, according to a BBC report in August 2002.

 

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