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[-] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That guy may even choose his house. : )

hermit crab

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

[-] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 13 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

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

[-] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

Oh, that does indeed sound bad :( Thanks for the answer!

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

And he has many legs

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Unlike humans, who are notoriously limited in their housing choices by an evolutionary disadvantage known generally as, "the market."

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

He's got bonus legs! Quadrupedalism is for suckers.

[-] Pippipartner@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Binette@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

Communism is when no leg, no house

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Anarchist gang calls dibs on legs and house

[-] smock9@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Or overlapping circles

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

Turtles: The Pinnacle of Evolution.

Waiting on the inevitable "wait til you hear about crabs" response ๐Ÿ˜

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago

wait til you hear about crabs!

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] Asetru@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago

Babe, wake up! New political compass just dropped!

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

Missed opportunity for a sweet Venn diagram.

[-] TomViolence@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

I object! A truth table would be a much superior representation.

[-] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

Love me some AND gates

[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Does it bother anybody else that the snail's label is backwards? It should be no legs, house.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

I guess, they swapped it, because people might misread it as both 'legs' and 'house' being negated...

[-] match@pawb.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

me on the left

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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

โœ… Legs โœ… House โœ… Fully/Semi Aquatic

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

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