(Photograph) - Pincer move: Michael Depledge, co-director of the Environmental Research Centre at Plymouth University, has led pioneering research which uses crabs to measure pollution. Infrared sensors glued to the crustacean's shell monitor its heart rate which is raised by pollution.
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