I adore you. I'm only waving my little flag. I'm not one of the crazy people-trust me. Only made the username because I'm too scared to openly comment and converse, or talk about it online, it's my one way of existing and communicating it. I'm stupid.
I'm just a soul whose intentions are good, please don't let me be misunderstoodĀ
Self victimization like this is kinda the reason why even us, the "LGB" of LGBTQ don't really like to be grouped together with the "TQ". I have nothing against trans, but behavior like this is just weird. Live your life as you see fit, be yourself confidently and don't let anyone change you. Just don't wallow in self pity where you think you'll have to victimize yourself over everything. Even positive comments about love for the same subject of interest that have absolutely nothing to do with your gender identity.
Edit. Other commenters pointed out the name of the commenter which caused the self victimization, so I guess it would be somewhat understandable reaction
Even your edit is still blaming them for āself victimizationā while you walk your original statement back
So uhhhhh maybe you ought to look in the mirror a bit, a normal person would apologize for your attack on the āTQā part of āyourā group. Not double down in the edit even after you realized youāre in the wrong.
Ironically, you being mean and nasty about them victimizing themselves makes them legit victims š screw your head back on please.
Oddly enough, they also framed it as other commenters when afaik I'm the only one that pointed that out. I'm really not sure why they're still trying to make me look bad, i really didn't mean it that way š
I do appreciate that Family Guy so heavily used "remember when" cutaway gags that you could just see this and think "Im sure there's context in the episode".
Do you ever take him out of the tank when you see the mailman coming so you can open the door right as he was about to slip the letter through the mail slot and have your lobster grab the envelope instead?
I'd totally follow a channel that made videos like this. Imagine the guy in front of you in the checkout line pulls a lobster holding cash out of his pocket to pay. Or, using a lobster to tip the waiter/waitress. Or, claim it's an emotional support lobster and take it places on a leash.
Its not that they get too old and their body starts to break down like most animals, they get to a point where they are too big and their shell is so heavy that they aren't physically strong enough to get out of their old shell before the new one grows in causing infections and other health problems which then lead to death.
Crocodiles are another animal that never stop growing and only die because they become too heavy to sustain themselves.
Genuine question, when you need to take them out of the tank to clean it and such.. Is there like, a tool you can use to band their claws? Or do you like, put them in a temporary bin from a bucket or something and hope it dosent get angry
Not OP but I have 15 years of lobster handling experience and have only been pinched twice. You grab them around their back (behind the head and above the tail). They will rear their claws up but can't reach your hand. As far as where you put them during cleaning, they are fine out of water for periods of time as long as they remain cold. A bucket of their water works too as long as that stays fairly cold, but without any aeration they won't like it forever.
when i had fish, i would clean it around them. you partially drain the enclosure. this was what i learned in books back then. it might not be best practice anymore. i have no idea
Very interesting. Never had to do with lobsters, but i'm a big fan of all arthropods, the lobsters are of course among the subtype of crustaceas. Wasn't surprised that they can get much older than people think, even the short lifespan of some like the ones from the Caribbean is 20+ years, but it goes up to more than 100 years for some other types.
Reminds me how some people couldn't believe that i had arachnids (spiders) that were 25 years old, although the world record is 43 years (note: The females live a lot longer than the males)
So as a question, if you have to handle him or her, does he or she ever try to pinch you with the claws?
She would take your fingers off gladly if you tried. Her crusher claw can demolish oysters and clams without effort while the cutter claw has serrated edges to rip you apart. She is learning to trust us more and more, but will bend the tongs we use to feed her if you bump her with them. The day she has to move tanks is very intimidating honestly, but we will get thereĀ
Yeah the force of the claws should not be underestimated. Some people found that out with the Birgus Latro, the Coconut Crab. They have enough force to crack coconuts open, so if you stick your finger between the claws, it's a bad idea.
They are very peaceful, usually, except when some idiots, like youtubers for views, think it's a good idea to provoke them.
About the spiders i had, it depends on both the subtype but also the individual character. I saw both, like tarantulas from types that are known to be rather aggressive, but the specimen were peaceful. And then, the exact opposite, like a Brachypelma Smithi, that is known as very easy to handle and for beginners, but that one was extremely aggressive (and not because of wrong things, like not right temperature, humidity, terrarium space etc.)
In wildlife, the Atrax Robustus (Sidney Funnel Web Spider) is the most dangerous, because it lives in a hole, like in your garden and the hole is often disguised, so it's easy to miss it and when you do some work, to accidentally touch the web around the hole, the spider will quickly push forward and bite you.
But with modern medical care in the ICU and the antidote, there are no more deaths reported from Australia. Still, it's very painful and uncomfortable when you get bitten, like next to the pain, you get heart rate and blood pressure that is off the chart etc.
I was never bitten myself, although i had a few close calls. Like when i had to catch a P. Murinus that had escaped from the terrarium. I used the plastic top from the transport box to make her walk into the box and she attacked it several times with the fangs. There are still holes visible today.
The fangs can be very big for some, especially the Theraphosa Blondi, biggest tarantula in the world. The mechanical damage from the bite is still more than the myth of "it's just like the sting of a bee".
When i started, i underestimated some, like how much weight they could push. One was able to open the slide glass doors of a terrarium when it wasn't locked. She'd get herself into a position between the glass wall and the door, then she'd pull with all of her strength and she only needed to open it a little bit to be able to squeeze through.
But that was easy, she got down and made her way into the bathroom, where she got the light and remained there. I could follow the trail of silk she left behind.
I wanted to practice with saltwater, so figured what could be better than a store lobster. I got her from a grocery store, packed her into a cooler and she's been my baby for a year now
Nice Way back in the 70s my older sister had a saltwater tank. At that time Pier One was know for its aquatic department . I loved when she had a seahorse and a sea anemone!
She is! I bought her from an Asian grocery store on NYE while there was a line buying up all the lobsters for dinner. The crab will come from the same store!Ā
Im in a desert state thousands of miles from where she was caught. It's either the tank or risking her dying from transport back to the Northeast. She is super happy. Lobsters are solitary and she kills anything I add to the tankĀ
Lobsters are solitary so she has no want of company. Captive fish have measurably lower stress hormones than wild fish, and after a stressful event those hormones return to baseline much more quickly. Decapods are generally smart enough to understand the lack of predation in their tank as compared to the wild, and as long as you give them enrichment they're typically pretty happy. They have fairly visible body language once you know them and you can tell when they're happy/irritated/hungry/scared/bored/curious. It's extremely likely that he's much happier than he was fending for himself in the ocean, much the same way tamed stray cats are generally happier than when they lived on the street :)
Lobsters are solitary and (esp. the males) are highly territorial. As long as he/she has a cave and the water is cold and parameters are good, and getting the right nutrition, they're probably living a better life than in the wild.
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