Posting pics of cool stuff I've seen underwater. Like this! bsky.app/profile/xeno...
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Beautiful
sep 11, 2025, 1:21 am • 2 0 • view
thanks!
sep 11, 2025, 1:25 am • 1 0 • view
I didn't see this in person, but it always makes me laugh. It's a pom-pom crab, it holds a sea anemone in each claw, and WAVES them at its enemies to scare them off. The anemones benefit from scraps of food the crab drops - everybody wins!
sep 11, 2025, 1:22 am • 56 17 • view
... and it's cute
sep 11, 2025, 4:50 am • 1 0 • view
I've never seen one either, alas, and I'd love to. Also 🦀 for the feed :)
sep 11, 2025, 1:24 am • 4 0 • view
The crabs are actually deliberately starving their anemone symbionts to keep them small - they can get MUCH better if properly fed bsky.app/profile/the-...
sep 11, 2025, 3:45 am • 1 0 • view
Not what I heard - the crab will TEAR an anemone in HALF if it gets too big. I don't think crabs have the brain power to anticipate anemones outgrowing their situation.
sep 11, 2025, 3:51 am • 1 0 • view
They tear them in half if they only have one. If they have two they just keep them small by starving them - you don't need a lot of brainpower to do that, just keep stealing food from them👇 bsky.app/profile/the-...
sep 11, 2025, 4:06 am • 1 0 • view
I had no idea that the crabs were doing that!
sep 11, 2025, 7:22 pm • 0 0 • view