nope. it was a hermit crab.

(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 2 Feb 2013, 9:23, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

OHHHHhhhhhh man, Hermit Crabs are well cute

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Sat 2 Feb 2013, 9:38, Reply)

not so much when you're dissecting them.
they're also non-symmetrical and that bothers me more than it should.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 2 Feb 2013, 9:44, Reply)

They look well weird outside of the shell

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Sat 2 Feb 2013, 9:47, Reply)

that's what I mean!
their bodies have naturally developed to be able to follow the chiral shape of the shell. Which means that their bodies are all curled and weird and *shuddery*
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 2 Feb 2013, 9:52, Reply)

It's that bulbous muscle at the end of them that’s really freaky

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Sat 2 Feb 2013, 9:54, Reply)

yeah that's part of how they stay in the shell.
that and their abdominal pleopods anyway...
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 2 Feb 2013, 10:13, Reply)

I think I missed my calling
as a Hermit Crab breeder
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Sat 2 Feb 2013, 10:15, Reply)