• @[email protected]
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    35 months ago

    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.

    • dantheclammanM
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      15 months ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        15 months 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.