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Thinking about the immortality of the crab (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Side note: are some crabs effectively immortal?

I understand this to be the case with certain simple species, but I'd never heard that about a crab, before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'm not qualified to answer directly. I studied rocks and maps. But, likely no.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I also wondered if this was a reference to the longevity of some crustaceans like lobster, which can live for at least decades. But I think it's more about thinking of somewhat nonsensical, non-sequitur topics as one often does when daydreaming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

lobster, which can live for at least decades.

Based on the links OP supplied, that's seemingly only true of lobsters which are in cold-water environments, which slows their metabolisms down.

But I think it’s more about thinking of somewhat nonsensical, non-sequitur topics as one often does when daydreaming.

Yup, hence my side-note.