These Tiny Crabs In Hong Kong Are Now Climbing Trees

Crabs are supposed to stick to the water, but in China they can climb trees.
Scientists discovered a new species of the crustacean — as they were scampering up mangrove trees growing in the brackish water on Hong Kong’s east coast. Those trees can get up to 10 feet tall and the crabs, named Haberma tingkok, were found between 5 and 6 feet up, according to a study in the journal ZooKeys, “walking on the bark of the branches at ebbing and low tides.”