I had a lot of trouble with this lil guy. Weird lil music men aren't easy to shift over when their body's are so... Weird. Still, here! Hermit Crab Music Men!
If you wanna see what went on in my mind for this come right this way...
So a lil info about these boys! These lil music men have adapted to live in the safe shallows, as well as some undersea areas if need be - having two different palettes which match... you've probably guessed by the additions of orange in the music mans usual pastels
Acid mushrooms! I realized as I was trying to get it all sorted that they are a nearly identical color scheme so it worked out that their colors are a little wacky. Not that real life crabs aren't a bit audacious in their colorings too. Actually the deep sea version of this guy is based off a purple crab called the Palawan Purple Crab who comes from the Philippines.
Their colors are more so for other crabs of their species to recognize them, or so I've read, but in this particular scenario it suits our lil music man as a sort of camouflage too.
Aside from it being a sort of camouflage, it also gives you insight into these lil guys diet. Most of what (I really need to come up with a name for these guys, but all I keep thinking of is crab rangboom. like crab rangoon? but a sound pun.) they eat are poisonous, which has directly affected how predators view them. Yea see, there are certain families of crabs which are toxic only because they are eating things that should not be eaten.
So music men don't have a lot of predators, other than those who have natural immunities to things like that... ahem, moon.
I imagine that the crabs closer to the surface tend to a little smaller than knee high for an average height human, where as deeper sea versions of them are a lot bigger... Like... I DONT KNOW, Leviathan big? After all these are just lil guys, lets not forget about the big music man!
Next topic is... oh yeah!
Seismic communication is basically communication through vibrations. Not just through the water, actually it's used by spiders which we can all sort of agree is what the OG music boys are. Spiders use seismic communication when it comes to their webs in particular, able to sense through vibrations in their web if they've captured prey.
Similarly a lot of sea creatures use vibrations as means of communication. Not only in the way spiders do, but sensing out prey; but by avoiding predators or talking to each other. Crabs in particular use all three, but in terms of communication to one another its been noted they will rub their legs together like crickets to talk to other crabs.
For our lil crabby boys, their claws are fashioned sort of like the the original music man has. Hollowed out in the center, they are able to click their lil crab claws together to make sounds and vibrations which distress and confuse their prey long enough to snatch em up and eat em.
Of course they also have the very on brand to SB behavior of just being a literal face hugger if they come out of the shell.
m...mmmmm..... no... noo....ooo.......
I guess the only thing left to mention is his lil
Barnacles!
I struggled with how i'd give this lil guy a top hat. Then. I remember how WEIRD barnacles are. You see a lot of barnacles that look a lil something like this:
But they come in many variations!
And I hate all of them! they are great for designs, helpful in this case, but I get nauseous when looking at them and I can't even begin to understand why.
Sorry if my adhd really popped out on this one, I am actually holding back some of the mostly irrelevant information about colors and uh, other stuff.
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Remnant Delivery Crab Island DTIYS 10/10
This is Crab Island, a place with a great atmosphere. The Fazbear Funtime Rental Service rented this private island for their staff so they could take a day off from their daily deliveries. Some could call this a summer vacation.
After a long day and a bunch of photos taken all over the island and group of people, Frostbear is excited to share this with Grim and everybody else at the Barn. Maybe they could join them one day
[Details about the DTIYS on the comments]
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Today ant helped me and one of my social workers make the bed! Here's ant sitting the new clean bed!
Also I want to introduce you to Minnie mouse
I got her from another social work while I was struggling with moving from house to house in tge care system.
Cancer the crab
Got him from my social worker before she had to move on to another kid, im thankful for everything she did.
Freddy fazbear
Yes he is an original sanshee massive freddy , if I ever sold him the money could not repair the hole in my heart.
Tutti fruity fruit loop the worry monster
I got him as a gift before I left I school I loved I keep him for sentimental reasons.
Pierce the aloe Vera
He's strong , tough and can protect anyone.
Got him from the second social care worker along with minnie.
And last but not least ballerina the ballerina
I know creative name but what's a 10 to 11 year old going to name something, Samantha?
Got her from my dad while I was in a different country in another family friends care.
And that's all my plushies currently though on the 15th I'm getting a blahaj with a name already picked out, just wait for her to come.
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