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while Hercules was fighting the multi headed monster hydra the goddess Hera who did not like Hercules sent a crab to distract him it clipped on to his toe but he crushed it with his foot . the constellation in the sky the stars are not bright because it failed to complete its task.

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Cancer means crab in Latin. The constellation Cancer makes a crab when you connect the associated stars.
It's latin for crab, which is who saved Hercules from the sea creature Hydra. It's latin for crab, which is who saved Hercules from the sea creature Hydra.

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Cancer gets their name by what part of the body has cancer. For example, breast cancer has cancer in the breast or colon cancer has cancer cells in the colon...etc.

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Cancer got its name because the Greeks thought it was a speck of dust, that could have been bad and they named it cancer.

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All of the zodiac signs are based on animals or birds. Cancer is the Latin for crab or crayfish.

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