It’s not always a perfect lineup and you get two or three fighting for a shell (not necessarily the largest), and they can’t go back to their old shell because it’s now taken.
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DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 10 hours agoHow can this happen, if they all came with shells to begin with, and they can each only take one shell? Do they somehow end up with one crab too big for the remaining shell?
someguy3@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
ElJefe@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Because it’s usually to large crabs duking it out for the larger shell. When one of them inevitably loses, all the other crabs that are lined up, by size, no less, immediately ditch their shells for the next size up. Leaving behind the smallest shell for a large crab. I got to see this first hand at a beach in Mexico when I was a kid. I had no clue what was going on with all these crabs lined up from large to small, it was so cool to watch. But sad too.
TheBat@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Lmao imagine this happening with humans and Zucc or Musk ends up in some dilapidated house in Eastern Europe.
Drewmeister@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Yeah, this actually sounds fine to me. Since they’re entirely self-made men who acquired their wealth through their own hard work and gumption, it’s only a minor setback.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
The original situation is more like a disabled person getting a topmost flat in a 9 floor building without an elevator.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Sad for the crab, but happy news for a seagull or octopus or something.
affenlehrer@feddit.org 8 hours ago
That would be okay too, let’s have the MTV Cribs guys duke it out and then everyone else gets a fitting home
ElJefe@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
Call it MTV Crabs?
VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
That sounds like a totally different type of show about celebrities