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I'm a red creature from the sea with large claws, or pincers, and I'm often boiled and served as an expensive dish at seafood restaurants.
What is common to eat before it's born and after it's dead?
Bumpy form of transportation in desert cultures.
Microparasite expert at sucking the blood of mammals and birds
The ones in the sea are prickly, but the ones on the street might pickpocket you.
What sphinxes employ and players enjoy.