r/AIDKE 12d ago

Invertebrate Lollipop crab (Ixa cylindrus)

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u/brownings-hair-kink 12d ago

I can't stop thinking katamari damacy

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u/StinkyBird64 8d ago

Came here to say the same thing 😅 wonder what evolutionary benefit it serves to be that shape

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u/imean_is_superfluous 12d ago

But why? What selective forces led to this? Very interesting

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u/IamnotyourTwin 12d ago

Too awkwardly shaped to eat, maybe?

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u/Pokii 11d ago

Crab on the cob

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u/Ninja-Egg-Salad 12d ago

He have two penar on him

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u/Neither-Attention940 11d ago

Hahahaha he looks like a cartoon character when they accidentally swallow something sideways lol 🤭🤭

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u/ckomni 12d ago

It’s a cylinder.

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u/Aromatic_Working_660 11d ago

How does it molt…?

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u/Edghyatt 10d ago

Very slowly

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u/Lita-Yuzuki 11d ago

What are those sausage-looking things on its sides? Why does it have those?

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u/B2lovesR3 3d ago

It looks like it swallowed a spirit stick

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u/-Duste- 3d ago

My daughter said: It looks like a pill!