Crab Colonies?

Once Upon A Time,
in article <390...@news.cis.dfn.de>
Podkayne Fries wrote:

>What do crabs live in?  Herds?  Flocks?  Condos?  A state of mortal sin?
>A state of denial?  And why does this suddenly bring to mind the only
>episode of FUTURAMA I've ever watched, which might lead to a post about
>crab pron?


 Kermit Krab sez:
                      ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,
        (+)(+)        |       Oh, baby...      |
         |  |   ,-----|    give me all your    |
       /      \       |  HOT CRUSTACEAN LOVE!  |
 (  )  \ -==- /  (  ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
   \    \    /    /
    \  <\/\/\/>  /
     '-/      \-'
   ,--/        \--
  / --|        |-- \
 / / --\      /-- \ \
()/ / --`----'-- \ \()
 ()/ /          \ \()
  ()/            \()
   ()            ()   C.I.


** 
Captain Infinity

In article <KX9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird
<dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article<390...@news-f.std.com>, Captain Infinity
> <Inf...@world.com> writes:
> > Kermit Krab sez:
> >                      ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,
> >        (+)(+)        |       Oh, baby...      |
> >         |  |   ,-----|    give me all your    |
> >       /      \       |  HOT CRUSTACEAN LOVE!  |
> > (  )  \ -==- /  (  ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
> >   \    \    /    /
> >    \  <\/\/\/>  /
> >     '-/      \-'
> >   ,--/        \--
> >  / --|        |-- \
> > / / --\      /-- \ \
> >()/ / --`----'-- \ \()
> > ()/ /          \ \()
> >  ()/            \()
> >   ()            ()   C.I.
>  Small point, but don't all crabs and spiders have
>exactly 8 legs?
> --

No silly, they have 5 beautiful claws!

This URL will help to answer all your Kermit Krab queries:
http://www.world.std.com/~Infinity/crossthreads/kermit.htm


The Munificent but tortured Mr. Hole (The Dog Walker)


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In article<390...@news-f.std.com>, Captain Infinity
<Inf...@world.com> writes:
> Kermit Krab sez:
>                      ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,
>        (+)(+)        |       Oh, baby...      |
>         |  |   ,-----|    give me all your    |
>       /      \       |  HOT CRUSTACEAN LOVE!  |
> (  )  \ -==- /  (  ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
>   \    \    /    /
>    \  <\/\/\/>  /
>     '-/      \-'
>   ,--/        \--
>  / --|        |-- \
> / / --\      /-- \ \
>()/ / --`----'-- \ \()
> ()/ /          \ \()
>  ()/            \()
>   ()            ()   C.I.

 Small point, but don't all crabs and spiders have exactly 8 legs?

--
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 dept of invertebrate anatomy 
                         ________________(....=^��^=______   ---<,,"> 
If you make it idiot proof, somebody will just invent a better idiot.

Once Upon A Time,
in article <KX9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>
Dave Bird wrote:

>In article<390...@news-f.std.com>, Captain Infinity
><Inf...@world.com> writes:
>> Kermit Krab sez:
>>                      ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,
>>        (+)(+)        |       Oh, baby...      |
>>         |  |   ,-----|    give me all your    |
>>       /      \       |  HOT CRUSTACEAN LOVE!  |
>> (  )  \ -==- /  (  ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
>>   \    \    /    /
>>    \  <\/\/\/>  /
>>     '-/      \-'
>>   ,--/        \--
>>  / --|        |-- \
>> / / --\      /-- \ \
>>()/ / --`----'-- \ \()
>> ()/ /          \ \()
>>  ()/            \()
>>   ()            ()   C.I.
>
>
> Small point, but don't all crabs and spiders have exactly 8 legs?

Kermit Krab is a hermit crab.  Hermit crabs have 5 pairs of legs.

The ASCII *is* inaccurate in that the legs are not to scale: the 4th and
5th pairs of legs of a hermit crab are quite reduced in size in comparison
to the other three pairs.  This reduction in size allows it to grasp the
interiors of the shells it appropriates to live in.  Other errors in the
artwork are that real hermit crabs have only one large grasping claw in
the first pair, and that the abdomen should extend beyound the last pair
of claws.

But I took a bit of artistic license there.  That's why he's a "Krab" and
not a "crab".

** 
Captain Infinity
 ...the *real* point you should have made is, why does a crab
    have the head of a muppet frog?  *That's* an interesting story.

Replying to Dave Bird <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> :

:  Small point, but don't all crabs and spiders have exactly 8 legs?

Nope. Crabs are decapods = ten legs.


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Stockholm University and                   Tel: Int +46 (0)8 5195 4236
Swedish Museum of Natural History,     Fax: Int +46 (0)8 5195 4125
                        "Nihil umquam facile" 

Are you thinking of scorpions?


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"Mike Noren" <mik...@my-dejanews.com> wrote in message
news:33h...@4ax.com...
| Replying to Dave Bird <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> :
|
| :  Small point, but don't all crabs and spiders have exactly 8 legs?
|
| Nope. Crabs are decapods = ten legs.
|
|
| Michael Nor�n, Doctoral student,
| Stockholm University and                   Tel: Int +46 (0)8 5195 4236
| Swedish Museum of Natural History,     Fax: Int +46 (0)8 5195 4125
|                         "Nihil umquam facile"

In alt.ascii-art holefamily1 <hol...@webtv.net> wrote:
> In article <KX9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird
> <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> In article<390...@news-f.std.com>, Captain Infinity
>> <Inf...@world.com> writes:
>> > Kermit Krab sez:
>> >                      ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,
>> >        (+)(+)        |       Oh, baby...      |
>> >         |  |   ,-----|    give me all your    |
>> >       /      \       |  HOT CRUSTACEAN LOVE!  |
>> > (  )  \ -==- /  (  ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
>> >   \    \    /    /
>> >    \  <\/\/\/>  /
>> >     '-/      \-'
>> >   ,--/        \--
>> >  / --|        |-- \
>> > / / --\      /-- \ \
>> >()/ / --`----'-- \ \()
>> > ()/ /          \ \()
>> >  ()/            \()
>> >   ()            ()   C.I.
>>  Small point, but don't all crabs and spiders have
>>exactly 8 legs?
>> --

> No silly, they have 5 beautiful claws!

Tasty claws :).
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Crabs are Decapods BUT only 6 of these "so-called" legs are used for
walking. The 2 most rear are flat tipped and used only in swimming (so
technically, wouldn't they be fins?). The front most 2 are claws and
used in fighting and eating, NOT WALKING (So again shouldn't these be
called arms? They don't assist in walking or swimming so why are they
still classified as legs?)!

So if anyone says that they are "Decapods" because of their number of
appendages, answer me this …
"We have 2 legs and 2 arms yet we are called Bipeds. Shouldn't we be
called Quadropeds since we have 4 appendages?" LoL

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In article <o5YR4.41469$x4....@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
Linepithema humile wrote:

>In alt.ascii-art holefamily1 <hol...@webtv.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <KX9...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird
>> <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
 ...
>>>  Small point, but don't all crabs and spiders have
>>>exactly 8 legs?
>
>> No silly, they have 5 beautiful claws!
>
>Tasty claws :).


 Kermit Krab sez...
                      ,~~~~~~~~~~~~,
        (+)(+)        |   Tastes   |
         |  |   ,-----|    like    |
       /      \       |  CHICKEN!  |
 (  )  \ -==- /  (  ) `~~~~~~~~~~~~'
   \    \    /    /
    \  <\/\/\/>  /
     '-/      \-'
   ,--/        \--
  / --|        |-- \
 / / --\      /-- \ \
()/ / --`----'-- \ \()
 ()/ /          \ \()
  ()/            \()
   ()            ()   C.I.


** 
Captain Infinity
 ... http://world.std.com/~Infinity/crossthreads/kermit.htm

In article<155...@storefull-622.iap.bryant.webtv.net>, Thomas
A. Anderson <Neo...@webtv.net> writes:
>Crabs are Decapods BUT only 6 of these "so-called" legs are used for
>walking. The 2 most rear are flat tipped and used only in swimming 

 I guess that land-going spiders evolved from the same line, and these
 back "legs" used only for swimming became vestigial rear grippers.


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Once Upon A Time,
in article <8ev7rq$f3m$1...@plutonium.btinternet.com>
HateMale wrote:

>Are you thinking of scorpions?

Well, I wasn't before...but *NOW* I AM!  EEEEEEEK!!

Are you thinking of rootbeer Popsicles?

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On Fri, 5 May 2000 20:33:10 +0100, "HateMale"
<the...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>| Nope. Crabs are decapods = ten legs.

>Are you thinking of scorpions?

*consults model scorpion hanging on wall*
six, seven, eight.. i see eight legs.  eight legs on a scorpion. =]
-mookid


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On Tue, 9 May 2000 14:28:48 -0400 (EDT), Neo...@webtv.net
(Thomas A. Anderson) wrote:

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 >
 >Crabs are Decapods BUT only 6 of these "so-called" legs are
used for
 >walking. The 2 most rear are flat tipped and used only in
swimming (so
 >technically, wouldn't they be fins?). The front most 2 are
claws and
 >used in fighting and eating, NOT WALKING (So again shouldn't
these be
 >called arms? They don't assist in walking or swimming so why
are they
 >still classified as legs?)!
 >
 >So if anyone says that they are "Decapods" because of their
number of
 >appendages, answer me this =85
 >"We have 2 legs and 2 arms yet we are called Bipeds.  Shouldn't
we be
 >called Quadropeds since we have 4 appendages?" LoL
 >
 >-Neo-
 >
  I know, I know, errors constantly creep into everyone's work.
But allowing for them permits us to communicate without retracing
so much unnecessary ground.

  That said:  Do you really mean "QuadraPods"?
   
  Hmmm... Now that I think of it, that just might solve the other
question as well.  If only pods could be used for swimming,
walking and manipulating (I find fighting as distasteful as it is
necessary, but hey!  We only hate the othersides "Rambo" right?)

  Obwon
  (reply by email I don't frequent
    this group yet).
   
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