#king crab

[meltknuckles]

day 27: community 🍽️

for @montereybayaquarium 's deep sea december prompts!

[herpsandbirds]

Puget Sound King Crab (Echidnocerus cibarius), folded up in a defensive pose, family Lithodidae, Victoria, BC, Canada

photographs by Makennap

[dailybugfacts]

Does you posting standalone stuff instead of asks mean that you've reached the end of your asks? Should I unleash my followers on you again?

Also. Consider: a species of King Crab of your choice. Crabs is bugs.

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TODAY'S FACT IS

Did you know that Lithodes Aotearoa is a species of king crab found in the waters around New Zealand? Like other king crabs, they have large spikes on their carapace while juvenile that get much smaller as it ages. It was often confused for 2 other species of king crab that are not endemic to the area: L. longispina and L. murrayi. It was in 2010 when researchers realized that those other crabs don't go that far south.

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Photo of a juvenile by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

[agbpaints]

If I had a c-bill for every time Aleks designed a bum-ass breakthrough/command mech I'd have two c-bills, which isn't a lot but it's weird he did it twice.

[daily-crabbys]

Today's crab is: an absolute beast

[srastrix]

King Crab, given a very crab like colour scheme. Praise he 🦀

[jasina85]

One of the reasons I like BattleTech so much is that designers knew it even back then - the crab is the ultimate form. Regular Crab, King Crab, they knew.

CrabWarriors rise up!

[stregalin]

silly bro