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Yetis have been the subject of adventure tales (and hoaxes) for decades, but in 2005, the first sighting of the furtive, hairy creature was confirmed by scientists diving in #HOVAlvin. It was not the “Abominable Snowman” of urban legend, but a crab (Kiwa hirsuta) living around a hydrothermal vent off of Easter Island. Since that first discovery, five species of the genus #Kiwadae have been sighted around hydrothermal vents or deep-sea methane seeps–all looking a little bit like yetis with six ar