Plum@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoThinking about the immortality of the craben.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10
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minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoSide note: are some crabs effectively immortal? I understand this to be the case with certain simple species, but I’d never heard that about a crab, before.
minus-squarePlum@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoI’m not qualified to answer directly. I studied rocks and maps. But, likely no. Some Additional Resources
minus-squaredantheclamman@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoI also wondered if this was a reference to the longevity of some crustaceans like lobster, which can live for at least decades. But I think it’s more about thinking of somewhat nonsensical, non-sequitur topics as one often does when daydreaming.
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days ago lobster, which can live for at least decades. Based on the links OP supplied, that’s seemingly only true of lobsters which are in cold-water environments, which slows their metabolisms down. But I think it’s more about thinking of somewhat nonsensical, non-sequitur topics as one often does when daydreaming. Yup, hence my side-note.
Side note: are some crabs effectively immortal?
I understand this to be the case with certain simple species, but I’d never heard that about a crab, before.
I’m not qualified to answer directly. I studied rocks and maps. But, likely no.
Some
Additional
Resources
I also wondered if this was a reference to the longevity of some crustaceans like lobster, which can live for at least decades. But I think it’s more about thinking of somewhat nonsensical, non-sequitur topics as one often does when daydreaming.
Based on the links OP supplied, that’s seemingly only true of lobsters which are in cold-water environments, which slows their metabolisms down.
Yup, hence my side-note.