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[–] 41 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

That guy may even choose his house. : )

hermit crab

Hermit crabs ... have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But unfortunately, the ocean housing market has been facing a crisis, and a lot of them are finding themselves having to live in plastic waste.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is using plastic waste necessarily disadvantageous to them? Maybe they choose to us some plastic containers over mollusc shells? (Serious question)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    From what I've read, they often get trapped in human-made containers and die. The containers are also often less resistant and durable. However, it seems to be still unclear why they do that, if purely by lack of proper shells, or if they see some advantage in some containers.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    It seems legs are not the defining feature when it comes to housing.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Now, turn it 45 degrees and put a different colored square behind each one

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Turtles: The Pinnacle of Evolution.

    Waiting on the inevitable "wait til you hear about crabs" response 😁

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Where Saddam Hussein? He has house and legs, both can be seen in the only picture of Saddam Hussein.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Babe, wake up! New political compass just dropped!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Missed opportunity for a sweet Venn diagram.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    me on the left

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It's missing the popular, aquatic category of Crab models.

    ✅ Legs ✅ House ✅ Fully/Semi Aquatic

    Then again at that point you'd need to break it down by species...

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