"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans." ― Douglas Adams
(Copied from an online source because I never remember the exact wording.)
One of the Easter eggs of this quote is that when it was uttered in the 1980s BBC TV adaptation, the scene cuts to a man, seen only from the back, disposing of his clothes and possessions and walking naked into the ocean. That man was Douglas Adams.
Not crabs, in fact not even close. Chelicerates like the arachnids.
Have photoreceptors in their "tail" (telson).
Edit: For some taxonomic context, king crabs are closer than shrimp are closer than woodlouse are closer than barnacles are closer than bees are closer than myriapods (centipedes and millipedes) are closer than horseshoe crabs to being crabs.
Fake news. Horseshoe crabs have evolved equally as much as every other existing species. The difference is they have a highly effective form for the environments they have survived in. Other forms either diverged or went extinct while this version continues to be very good at survival.
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I think I read somewhere that all beetlemoses comics are taking place in the same universe. So here is another horseshoe crab comic of theirs
We are all in the same universe too
Not me
Let me know if you need anything from this one, I got you
cheese
That's exactly what an interdimensional alien would say 🧐
Nope, my DnD character got transported to an alternate dimension. Not in the same universe as you.
Technically correct. The best kind of correct.
"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans." ― Douglas Adams
(Copied from an online source because I never remember the exact wording.)
One of the Easter eggs of this quote is that when it was uttered in the 1980s BBC TV adaptation, the scene cuts to a man, seen only from the back, disposing of his clothes and possessions and walking naked into the ocean. That man was Douglas Adams.
Fun facts about horseshoe crabs:
Edit: For some taxonomic context, king crabs are closer than shrimp are closer than woodlouse are closer than barnacles are closer than bees are closer than myriapods (centipedes and millipedes) are closer than horseshoe crabs to being crabs.
The question is though, are they in fact a horse, shoe, or horseshoe?
Fun fact: horse shoe crabs are more closely related to horses than shoes
Nature sure is wild.
Thanks for the very specifically detailed order🫡
Is it crab by phylogeny, or crab by anatomy?
Horseshoe Crab: Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
UMHIMLFF?
Hrrrmmm, needs a better acronym
Me trying to keep quiet after banging my toe into furniture in the middle of the night
Damned blue bloods. Thinking they're better than everybody else.
I've seen a lot of them in person. 10/10 creepy.
They're safe looking on top but a nightmare underneath.
I'm going with they look nightmarish all around. Kayaked to a remote island. Nah, I just walked into the next Alien movie.
They have like nine different types of eyes. Even that tail is an eye of sorts, covered with photoreceptors.
Thank you for more nightmare fuel.
My little angels
If I had a time machine I’d go back to when the first amphibian crawled on land and throw that fucker back in the ocean.
Congratulations! You just invented a whale!
Or any of several aquatic reptiles (sea turtles, sea snakes, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, etc.)
evolutioned
Well, whales' story is a bit different.
Yeah, they left the ocean and then came back!
In hindsight…
Fake news. Horseshoe crabs have evolved equally as much as every other existing species. The difference is they have a highly effective form for the environments they have survived in. Other forms either diverged or went extinct while this version continues to be very good at survival.
No need to evolve further if you're already perfect