#bog-frog

[noiselessbuck]

my dearest bog-frog,

thank you for the crabs!! they're very entertaining <33

below is the research i have conducted into the nature of these crabs especially since they are now also on phones.

scientific observations about the temporal permanence of crabs:

sadly i was not able to have my computer the day of the original crab summoning so i dont know how these observations compare to the first coming of the crabs

the crabs have migrated and adapted to be able to live on mobile as well! however they have behavioral differences from their web based bretheren- they always are the same amount in the same spot no matter what page of the app you are on but composing asks posts and reblogs as well as viewing images and videos make them go into temporary hiding and the reappear in their same spots after the micro hibernation. the smaller encloser means that it takes fewer crabs to make the dash mostly unusable because you are clicking crabs and not buttons however this need for tapping helps a tiny bit with population control. unfortunately this new environment does not have adequate CPU for a large herd(?) of crabs but unlike the clicking this is not a symbiotic relationship. instead of slow CPU causing crabs to get clicked thus moderating the population the entire app including the crabs starts functioning slower. it is up to the user to click enough crabs that this goes back to a reasonable state. the other thing is that the crabs maintain their temporal permanence even after going to another app and coming back. i am going to perform some more tests on this matter:

leaving the app and coming back - stay

turning phone off and coming back - stay

taking the app off of short term memory (that list where u swipe up on apple phones to get rid of it - reset

the amount summoned tally also resets when the crabs reset, thus maintaining that crabs summoned minus crabs clicked always gives amount of crabs on the screen

powering off phone completely and coming back - reset

now on to web observations:

click on a new page within tumblr - reset

go back to previous page of tumblr - no longer there (thus the crabs do not maintain temporal permanence while unobserved)

go from asks page to writing ask - stay

reloading same page of tumblr - reset

these crabs are very cute and i am not trying to squash too many but also they are a facinating look into the difference between web development and mobile development. much appreciation for the enrichment to my enclosure >:)

your mutual,

snake

[noiselessbuck]

just noticed your new pfp lmao

monch monch