In one of the most extreme places on Earth, you’re guaranteed to get some extreme life-forms—and Antarctica delivers.

From animals with built-in antifreeze to a hairy-chested crab, the coldest continent is chock-full of odd creatures. I recently asked Huw Griffiths, a marine biogeographer at the British Antarctic Survey, for his list of the five weirdest Antarctic species.

First up: The “Hoff” crab, a yet-to-be-named species whose nickname honors bare-chested Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff. Recently discovered on a hydrothermal vent system in Antarctica, the hoff crab—a type of “yeti” crab—farms bacteria on its furry chest as its main source of food.

The creature also “lives in a very hot place [in what’s] a normally cold environment,” Griffiths said. Swarming around steamy vents