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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

That guy may even choose his house. : )

hermit crab

Hermit crabs ... have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

But unfortunately, the ocean housing market has been facing a crisis, and a lot of them are finding themselves having to live in plastic waste.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

He's got bonus legs! Quadrupedalism is for suckers.

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

Unlike humans, who are notoriously limited in their housing choices by an evolutionary disadvantage known generally as, "the market."

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

And he has many legs

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

It seems legs are not the defining feature when it comes to housing.

[–] thesporkeffect 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Now, turn it 45 degrees and put a different colored square behind each one

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Communism is when no leg, no house

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

Anarchist gang calls dibs on legs and house

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Or overlapping circles

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Turtles: The Pinnacle of Evolution.

Waiting on the inevitable "wait til you hear about crabs" response 😁

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

wait til you hear about crabs!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Where Saddam Hussein? He has house and legs, both can be seen in the only picture of Saddam Hussein.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Babe, wake up! New political compass just dropped!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

me on the left

[–] Etterra 2 points 1 month ago

It's missing the popular, aquatic category of Crab models.

✅ Legs ✅ House ✅ Fully/Semi Aquatic

Then again at that point you'd need to break it down by species...