Terrorist Shrimp Kidnaps for Defense

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This article was originally published with the title “Terrorist Shrimp Kidnaps for Defense” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 263 No. 5 (November 1990), p. 26
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1190-26b

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