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Spiders using shells as shelter ... but wait, there's more

Started By OhNoNotAgain , Apr 7 2020 8:54 PM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted April 7 2020 - 8:54 PM

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This is really cool. Came by a spider group on FB.

Spiders actually use shells as homes ... but with a twist.

 

 

Speaking of which, a video about how hermit crabs line up in size order to exchange shells:

 

 

 

 


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#2 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted April 7 2020 - 9:00 PM

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And just to add one more, the famous octopus with coconut shells.

 


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Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus, vicinus, quercicola

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Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and previously californicus

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

#3 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted April 8 2020 - 5:52 AM

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It's time humans get some shells too.


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#4 Offline Martialis - Posted April 8 2020 - 6:43 AM

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No thanks, I prefer my skeleton on the inside. :)


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#5 Offline FSTP - Posted April 8 2020 - 6:55 AM

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I wouldn't mind a nice cozy shelll to slurm around in. 


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#6 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted April 8 2020 - 9:14 AM

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It'd be a revolution in social distancing.


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#7 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 8 2020 - 9:23 AM

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It'd give us something larger to cough into than our elbow..........


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