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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

That guy may even choose his house. : )

hermit crab

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

And he has many legs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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