If anyone tries to tell you science can’t be artsy, show them this. Or this, or this… What am I saying?! Who would deny that in the first place? Crazy people, that’s who. What did you say? Nothing. jtotheizzoe: Those Who Live In Glass Houses . . . Custom-crafted glass shells give biologists an unprecedented view of hermit crab housing behaviors. The sharing and swapping of shells between hermit crabs creates elaborate social networks, a blend of cooperation and competition that you’ve got to read to believe. (ᔥ Carin Bondar) I don’t know if that particular metaphor was meant to be taken literally, but the irony is probably lost on these little fellas anyway.

If anyone tries to tell you science can’t be artsy, show them this. Or this, or this… What am I saying?! Who would deny that in the first place? Crazy people, that’s who. What did you say? Nothing.

jtotheizzoe:

Those Who Live In Glass Houses . . .

Custom-crafted glass shells give biologists an unprecedented view of hermit crab housing behaviors. The sharing and swapping of shells between hermit crabs creates elaborate social networks, a blend of cooperation and competition that you’ve got to read to believe.

(ᔥ Carin Bondar)

I don’t know if that particular metaphor was meant to be taken literally, but the irony is probably lost on these little fellas anyway.

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