Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to arachnids than to true crabs.

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Horseshoe crabs are more closely related to arachnids than to true crabs.

Horseshoe crabs are chelicerates, placing them closer to spiders and scorpions than to true crabs. Their familiar common name describes an appearance, not their evolutionary branch.

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Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.

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Wombats poop cubes.

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