#Strawberry Hermit Crab

[craboftheday]

crab of the day is...

the strawberry hermit crab (coenobita perlatus)

fun fact: they are sometimes kept as pets!

[mindblowingscience]

Say hello to Strawberry Claws, a large new-to-science species of hermit crab recently described by Queensland Museum scientists. With its distinctive crimson claws, it was only natural the crab was given the scientific name Strigopagurus fragarchela, which is derived from the Latin form "strawberry" (Fragaria), combined with "chela" to highlight the bright red color of the claws and walking legs. Scientifically described by Queensland Museum Honorary Peter Davie, and Queensland Museum Collection Manager Dr. Marissa McNamara, the hermit crab can be found in relatively deep water (120–260 m) off south-eastern Queensland and has been given the common name "Strawberry-clawed Hermit." The paper was recently published in Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature.

Continue Reading.

[happycrabitat]

Noah is starting to thrive! When I brought the black strawberry crabs home they were so sickly they were hanging 1/2 way out of their shells round the clock. They wouldn’t climb, eat, or use the pools. I honestly don’t know how many made it so far (trusting the process, could be destressing) to look over and see this one looking healthier & climbing again is nothing short of a tiny miracle. We named him Noah. In Hebrew Noah means “rest” & “to comfort.” Fitting for him! He can now live his life resting his heart & enjoying his days!

[ariverofsongs]

Fuck yeah look at my squishmallow collection!!! I'm so jealous of everyone who has really stocked stores and stuff but I think it helps that they are difficult to find because I spend money less often.

[why-rock-look-tasty-if-no-eat]

The bad end timeloop is that you're stuck on a car ride with your family through the Plains and no entertainment

You're stuck in a timeloop but can't tell because you're on a train going through the great plains

[twistedwonderlandshenanigans]

"Stupid" Things the TWST Cast Believed As Kids

I was going to post this without a preamble but it just looked wrong LMAO -----------------------------------------------------

Heartslaybul

Riddle - He just mispronounced a lot of words out loud. This is actually common in a lot of kids that read a lot, they don't know how to say a word any differently than the way they've pronounced it in their head, so some examples: (Ladle -> would rhyme with Saddle, Rhythm had over-emphasis on the first 'h', etc.)

Trey - thought butter was made from the fat collected off of cow butts ('butt' was also the only 'naughty' word he knew for a long time). The thing is he had probably seen his parents make butter. either by accident or on purpose and it still didn't click for him.

Cater - only ate black beans, (when they were served). when he was a kid because he thought they were the same as coffee beans. He saw his dad eating chocolate covered coffee beans and got mad when he denied him the Delight Of Caffeine at Three Years Old so thought eating black beans was like. A super sneaky way of being like his dad.

Deuce - Chocolate covered strawberries came from a special plant, he didn't think his mom just set them up for him sometimes. He ended up asking more than a few times when his strawberries were plain when they could 'go back to the store and get the good kind' and would call the strawberries without chocolate 'rotten'.

Ace - For whatever reason, he didn't think bears were a real animal. Just. Teddy bears existed. And of course when his big brother showed him pictures of real bears he thought he was messing with him. Ace will not admit how long it took him to realize that bears are real.

Savannaclaw

Leona - Falena told him once that vanilla extract comes from 'beaver butt juice' and it was in all the vanilla flavoured desserts he's ever had. Yes Falena was messing with him to get his portion of desserts because Leona was too grossed out to eat them. It managed to last about 6 months before Leona was fed up and researched the information on his own.

Ruggie - His grandma protected him best she could from food scarcity, so he genuinely believed she knew how to make something from nothing. Same with his clothes.

Jack - Refused to eat hotdogs because he thought they were made from real dogs and cried whenever he saw someone else eating hot dogs. Even when they bough turkey hot dogs he thought they added 'turkey flavouring' to the Dogs.

Octavinelle

Azul - Thought cuttlefish were 'cuddlefish' and would get so SO upset when they didn't want to snuggle with him

Jade - When he first heard the word 'hermaphrodite' he thought it meant someone who just really really liked hermit crabs.

Floyd - Was SO disappointed to find out ice cream didn't scream while you eat it (I-scream)

Scarabia

Kalim - Used to try and eat really fast, so Jamil told him if he ate his food too hot his tongue would melt to the top of his mouth. (Yeah Jamil got in trouble for that one but it worked, Kalim savoured his food and he still makes sure his food is cooled down a little before he eats).

Jamil - Didn't eat yogurt for a long time because he didn't want to 'feed the bacteria in his belly'. That was his only reasoning.

Pomefiore

Vil - thought candy cigarettes were real cigarettes, this resulted in him biting one of his dad's or fellow actor's cigarettes and Regretting it. (Even the fake ones are filled with like an herbal blend, you don't want to eat it still)

Rook - kinda sad, but genuinely thought termites were considered dessert. They were fairly rampant in his home so he would eat them any chance he got (raw termites supposedly taste like pineapple).

Epel - yeah he thought he was a werewolf, there isn't much else to add.

Ignihyde

Idia - Thought that microwaving a spider/other bugs for a very short amount of time would mutate their DNA and he could keep it as a pet, despite many failed attempts, he continued trying.

Ortho - (insert ugly crying here thinking about baby boys early years) he really believed that one day Idia would find a way to bring the characters from tv/video games into 'real life' so they could have play dates with them. (Idia promised him he would try his best)

Diasomnia

Malleus - He thought computers were a type of pet people could have.

Lilia - Used to think that the stars were really big glow bugs

Silver - Fully believed the storks deliver babies thing. Not because of Lilia, but because of a story book and it made things easy so he just rolled with it anyways, until Silver was old enough.

Sebek - That the fountain of youth was real - he wanted to drink from it once he reached his prime so that he could serve Malleus always.

Others

Che'nya - Refused to believe that gum ever came from trees because he 'tried sap before and it didn't even taste like syrup so how could something sweet as gum come from trees'.

Najma - Thought she was able to talk to ghosts, it was just Jamil fucking with her lskjfhsldkjfsdf

Neige - Didn't know what owls were, called them tree penguins.

Rollo - Called ambulances 'Body Rescue Busses' because even as a kid he knew only God could save your soul. (you can take that seriously or as satire idc) -------------------------------------------------------- @fluffle-writes thank you for the compliments, and the motivation to write!! ljfkjdshflkjsdf

If you want to be on a taglist in the future lmk

[tinylongwing]

Trick. >:)

A trick? A trick you say???

These strawberry hermit crabs ate all the coconut before you even got there!!! Tricked for good!!

I take a ton of photos while banding that aren't bird banding photos, of course - like these hungry little dudes (actually they're not that little either when you think about the size of a coconut) on the island of Ofu in American Samoa in 2018.

[izzy-the-ginger]

Targaryen clan HoTD at the beach!

Alicent is the healthy “fun” mom.

For food She brought some sandwiches, plain organic potato chips, carrots, celery, grapes, apple and oranges slices.

She forgot the dips, not the wine.

Aegon is on leash made for children

Helena is looking for hermit crabs in the sand

Aemond is next to Alicent both on matching beach chairs, Alicent with a glass of wine aemomd with a book.

Daeron stole the chips

Aegon and daeron dig a big hole, they won’t let Jace or Luke help.

Aegon lays in the hole and daeron covers him with a beach towel and and the stolen chips

Aegon catches a seagulls

Alicent is mad there is bird crap on her expensive ass beach towel

Not even that far away from the Rhaenyra lays in her beach chair, fresh martini in hand.

It was a beach day, so she let the kids splurged.

Brought five different bags of family size chips with them, some freeze dried candy bags so it wouldn’t melt or get too sticky, a large bag of pretzels, apple slices, cherries, grapes, carrots, celery, cauliflower, and four different types of dip, two for the veggies, two for the fruit.

The boys were told not to share their when aegon and Daeron refused to let them catch a seagull.

Rhae gives Jace a decent amount a cash and tells him and the other two oldest to go to a near by beach stand and get them a real lunch other than chips.

Jace, Luke, and joffery come back with hotdogs for them, grilled cheese and chips for the littles, and açaí fruit bowl for their mama with another martini.

They don’t tell her how they bought the martini.

Aegon the younger and little viserys bury daemon in the sand before leaving him to eat.

He’s asleep

Alicent ask Rhaenyra for a spare towel.

Rhaenyra bought a cheap ass bulk package of towels because her boys always looses them.

Tells Alicent the boys are using the extra towels.

All the boys are eating in a circle with no towels.

Rhaenyra’s boys go out to swim with beach toys

aegon wants to float on the giant unicorn floaty

Aegon isn’t allowed in the water after the last beach day incident

Baela and rhaena slept in and came to the beach a little later

Baela, rhaena, Jace, Luke, and joffery go to get ice cream

Baela gets chocolate

Rhaena gets strawberry

Joffery gets vannila

Luke gets cotton candy ice cream

Jace gets a ice cream milkshake that’s cookies and cream

Both the littles get a small scoop of chocolate ice cream on a cone with sprinkles

The twins gets Helena a vanilla milkshake

Aegon wants ice cream

Alicent’s tells him that she already brought snacks

The poor vanilla milkshake ends up on the rest of Alicent’s towels

Jace give Helena his milkshake because he feels bad

Alicent leaves with aegon and daeron begging to stay

Aemond is happily packing up their possessions

Rhaenyra offers for Helena to stay

Alicent agrees and leaves dragging a screaming aegon by the ear

Rhaenyra wakes a beached daemon up to go and get the girls some food while the kids play in the water

It takes ten minutes for Rhaenyra to dig him out enough for him to get out of the sand

Daemons face is bright red and his body is covered in sand

Baela , rhaena, and Helena get a açaí bowl

Aegon the younger and viserys dig two big holes

Jace and Baela lay in them

Rhaena and Helena lay the extra towels on them

Joffery places chips and pretzels on the beach towels

Jace caught a seagull

Baela caught three seagulls

Luke made sure to get a video

Daemon is mad bird crap is on the towels.

Rhaenyra sips her martini.

[cheerfullycatholic]

If you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog!

Hmmm let's see!

I like collecting funky little things that are special to me (idk how to describe)

My favorite animal at the moment are hermit crabs

My favorite fizzy water flavor is strawberry (and I'm drinking one now)

[sheddedscutes]

remaking the lita poll because I totally messed the other one up

in my au there are foot clan counterparts to the hamato turtles, and the foot turtles are mixed with (in bonnie-mei’s case, semi)aquatic animals

jennika is mixed with an atlantic purple urchin, and parallels donnie

venus/bonnie-mei is mixed with a dainty green tree frog and parallels leo

kirby is mixed with a pyjama shark and parallels raph

lita parallels mikey

[apollotronica]

You said you wanted David headcannons a while back. Well. I’ve been sitting on this one for a while. I think if he were to get a pet, it would be something low maintenance like a snail or hermit crab. Where he only has to feed it and clean the tank. They don’t need much handling. And I think he’d feel less alone when he’s in his low energy modes. Yea. Would like to write this. I will at some point. - 🌙

one time i had a slug and i fed it strawberries and took great care of it but my mom said i would get diseases if i kept it so we had to get rid of it and i cried . its name was fauna cuz i was a pretentious little kid

ANYWAY YOUR BRAIN IS HUGE itd be funny if he was just Barely keeping it alive and talks ab it to nico maybe and they just stare at him in horror

[magdaluxe]

hypothetical tf2 splatoon au GO

im not writing my entire thesis on the amelia earhart coconut crab timeline divergence here yet but trust me when i say that all the gears click in my mind somehow

(also its canon that non-inkfish species can and do play turf war so dont get on my ass abt that)

scout- regular ass inkling. whiteboy. splash o matic (ewww)

soldier- carp of some sort. range blaster

pyro- ….???????? its pyro what do you want from me. dynamo roller (or blaster bc funny fire print hehe)

sniper- alligator gar (i had this really funny idea where new zealand was alterna and hes just Straight Up Human but whatever fishy makes more sense). e liter scope (ewwwww)

spy- hermit crab. not making him a crustacean feels illegal. undercover brella/flingza roller

medic- remora. h-3 nozzlenose (did you know the L and H in the nozzlenoses stand for light and heavy respectively? i shld really listen to sheldon)

demo- strawberry squid inkling. pleeeeease look strawberry squids up bc theyre hilarious to look at. explosher/stamper

heavy-bull shark. hydra splatling

engie- octoling of some kind. 0 idea what weapon he’d have tho- maybe the glooga dualies?? i dont fucking know

(also admin and pauling are kitties.)

[cavenewstimes]

New Species of Hermit Crab Discovered in Australia

Marine biologists at Queensland Museum Kurilpa have described a new species of hermit crab, Strigopagurus fragarchela (common name is the strawberry-clawed hermit), from the continental shelf off south‑east Queensland, Australia. Strigopagurus fragarchela. Image credit: Queensland Museum. “The central Indo-West Pacific diogenid genus Strigopagurus currently contains five species: Strigopagurus…

[daily-crabbys]

Today's crab is: friend shaped

[fishstims]

🦀 jacintashackleton on instagram

[teeths-gifs]

Worlds Slowest Conga Line

(by @savingthewaves on instagram)