Sometimes she sends me a couple of pictures, and sometimes I can’t decide between them.
Mary’s Monday Metazoan: Glass houses
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Sometimes she sends me a couple of pictures, and sometimes I can’t decide between them.
Adaptability!!
“Come into my home! I’ll cut a bitch!”
That’s when you’re glad you have carapace, not skin.
Glen D
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But does it have beer in the fridge?
Still learning,
Robert
Out of frame is a predator with a church key.
I don’t know whether to say “poor crab” or “way to go!” In either case it is a remarkable case of recycling.
I suppose the sharp edges might keep him being juggled by an octopus for fun.
Aw, bless! Good job hermit crab predators haven’t invented bottle openers… :-)
Wouldn’t that be heavier (but maybe stronger?) than a regular shell?
Do octopi throw stones?
that’s awesome.
I’m having visions of mildly confused future marine paleontologists. And no, the resident paleontologists may not correct this vision; because that would kill the fun :-p
Adaptability in glass. ;) Still, it makes me a bit sad.
My hermits are going to love the new coats I’m preparing for them. Thanks for the idea, Big Guy!
(Not you, PZ; the hermit.)
I couldn’t help it. I just squeed.
Cutest. Crab. Ever.
Biting my nails–sharp glass edge WAY to close to stalked eyeballs!
That’s really cute.
You could not make up your mind between this one and the frickin’ hamsters?
This may be a bigger deal than you realise.
In many cases, hermit crab shells are a limited resource. If this hermit crab can is “willing” (and I’m using the term loosely) to use other materials for its shell, and this “willingness” has a genetic component, it and its descendants might be able to break out of the bottleneck*.
You know, kind of like Lenski’s Ara-3 developing the ability to eat the buffer as well as the nutrient.
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*No pun intended.