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Here's a fiddler crab, Uca vocans, showing a pseudopupil that reflects the long vertical arrangement of facets in the eye.
My advice:
Do not stare too long into the ommatidia, lest the ommatidia stare... nope, it's too late. You've been crabbed. 🦀
(📷: Chris Lukhaup)
My advice:
Do not stare too long into the ommatidia, lest the ommatidia stare... nope, it's too late. You've been crabbed. 🦀
(📷: Chris Lukhaup)
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Here's a fiddler crab, Uca vocans, showing a pseudopupil that reflects the long vertical arrangement of facets in the eye.
My advice:
Do not stare too long into the ommatidia, lest the ommatidia stare... nope, it's too late. You've been crabbed. 🦀
(📷: Chris Lukhaup)
My advice:
Do not stare too long into the ommatidia, lest the ommatidia stare... nope, it's too late. You've been crabbed. 🦀
(📷: Chris Lukhaup)
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Cave life's not all bad for olms. They live *exceptionally* long lives for an amphibian (100 yrs!), possibly arising from the fact that they have no natural predators & have been known not to move for up to 7 years.
Just tiny pink dragons guarding their tiny water-filled caves for a century. 🐉💧
Just tiny pink dragons guarding their tiny water-filled caves for a century. 🐉💧
One blind, aquatic salamander may have sat mostly still for seven years
Olms may live for about century and appear to spend their time moving sparingly.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Cave life's not all bad for olms. They live *exceptionally* long lives for an amphibian (100 yrs!), possibly arising from the fact that they have no natural predators & have been known not to move for up to 7 years.
Just tiny pink dragons guarding their tiny water-filled caves for a century. 🐉💧
Just tiny pink dragons guarding their tiny water-filled caves for a century. 🐉💧