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Hippos and Crocs, Some Strange Symbiotic Relationship?

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Ah, peace-loving, vegan hippos hanging with carnivorous, blood-lusting crocodiles. They get along so easily. Why can’t we?

Harmonius Hippos and Crocs

Lobster Moulting and Self Cannibalism

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Lobster has to be one of my favorite creatures to devour. Boil ‘em. Grill ‘em. I don’t care. I love it!

It turns out they feel the same way about their tasty flesh. Once a lobster has gone through a moulting process, shedding of its shell, a five hour long process, it feasts on the shell’s fleshy remains. It then buries it, hiding it, fearing predators will assume there is a vulnerable prey in the area.

Sorry. The video only shows the moulting process. Not the self cannibalism… Just take my word for it ;)

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