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100 million years of decorating yourself in junk


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Thanks for the link, Edd. 

I hadn't seen this article yet. 
Very cool. 

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Interesting article. Thanks.

 

Included in the article is a video link of a carrier crab (Dorippe frascone) which uses its modified pair of rear legs to grab onto various objects to act as protection and camouflage. In addition to broken pieces of shell or macroalgal clumps, these crabs will occasionally grab some formidable protective passengers (though likely unwilling) like urchins, anemones, or jellies. This reminded me of the carrier crabs I saw some years back in the Philippines dragging around Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopea andromeda).

 

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Very interesting article...Thanks for sharing....:) 

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I can't imagine he gets good milage in that car with the kind of wind resistance all those decorations provide. :ighappy:

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