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# How This Crab Mom Fights With Living Weapons
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nature/extras/how-this-crab-mom-fights-with-living-weapons/
- Published: 2026-02-20T16:15:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-23T18:00:49.000Z
- Description: A boxer crab mother relies on living anemones for defense.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Nature, #ZZZ_Show_1b3b1a16-4d15-417c-9287-bc59a89e1201, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_cfa8d8b6-740b-41db-9a01-13609c646e15, #extra

With more than a thousand eggs to protect, a boxer crab mother uses living anemones for defense — and even clones them when one is lost.