Hmmmm...
Looks like someone's got a leaky head. There're nightmares all over the place.
Video: Underwater Video JP
Look! There's a whole pile of them! They look like something mummy snails and daddy snails use to threaten their children: "Tidy your shell or the bogeysnail will get you!"
What they really are, are amphipods. And they're quite closely related to my very own beloved Skeleton Shrimp.
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| Image: Biodiversity Heritage Library |
And I'm not saying they use those massive claws to snatch naughty snails, crack open their shells and gobble them all up, I'm just saying that young snails are lazy enough as it is.
6 comments:
Those guys are a riot!
When I watched the video I was thinking 'those guys are as bad as skeleton shrimp', but they're even funnier!
Yup, they're pretty wild!
So THAT's where Pepperidge Farms gets their Pirouettes.
We can all learn so much from nature!
Alison Dibble said: Thank you for posting this! I found what I identified as Jassa falcata, a tube-making amphipod, on the coast of Maine, USA. Your post, especially the video helps reveal some of their interesting behaviors. Great stuff.
So glad I could help!
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